Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蜷
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蜷 |
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Meaning |
to curl up (like a scroll), to huddle, wriggle (as a worm) |
Pronunciation |
quán |
Explanation |
Left: insect 虫, right: to roll (up), reel 卷 (Spindle ノ on which something 二, like a crouching person 㔾, is rolled on.) |
Mnemonic
| The insect is 'rolled up', when it curls. |
Radicals
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虫
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insect | (Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.) |
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卷
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to roll (up), sweep up | |
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龹
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security guard | (person 人 with high lifted arms  ) and two blocking bars 二. (ONLY IN Japanese this is visible in 'border guard' 関)) |
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㔾
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slumped person | ((Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , kneeling ⺈, skilled才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 蜷卧 |
quán wò |
to curl up; to lie curled up | | 蜷缩 |
quán suō |
to curl up; to huddle; to cower; cringing | | 进道若蜷 |
jìn dào ruò quán |
entering the Way, you seem to coil back (Laozi 老子, the Book of Dao 道德经, Chap. 14); progress in the Dao can seem illusory |
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