Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 褥
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褥 |
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Meaning |
mattress |
Pronunciation |
rù |
Explanation |
Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: disgrace, dishonor 辱 (Having the plow 辰 in his skillful hands 寸 he understood as: disgrace.) |
Mnemonic
| For clothes it is a disgrace only serving as: a mattress. |
Radicals
衣
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clothes | |
辰
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morning: 7-9 a.m. | (Actually a dragon, but used as a plow: At the field corner 厂 a first line 一 is plowed by the farmer 农) |
寸
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skillful hand | (Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".) |
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Vocabulary
褥疮 |
rù chuāng |
bedsore | 被褥 |
bèi rù |
bedding; bedclothes | 褥子 |
rù zi |
cotton-padded mattress |
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