Memory phrase for the character: 蛙

蛙

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Meaning

frog

Pronunciation

wā

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫, right: piled earth 圭 (2x earth 土)

Mnemonic
 
The "insect" at the field's ridge (= where earth is piled) is the frog.

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
圭 piled earthTwo times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)




 Vocabulary

青蛙 qīng wā  frog
青蛙 qīng wā  
雨蛙 yǔ wā  rain frog
雨蛙 yǔ wā  

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