Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 蝎

蝎

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Meaning

 scorpion

Pronunciation

 xiē

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)

Mnemonic

(For torture:) An insect for an interrogation is the scorpion.

Radicals

虫 insect(Also this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.)
禺 Scorpion
曷 interrogation(also as an interrogative particle: why, how, when)
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Vocabulary

蝎虎座 xiē hǔ zuò Lacerta (constellation)
蝎子 xiē zi scorpion
天蝎座 Tiān xiē zuò Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

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