Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 谣
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谣 |
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Meaning |
rumor, popular ballad, legend |
Pronunciation |
yáo |
Explanation |
Left: word 讠/言, right: hand reaching down 爫, can 缶 (= lid  and can opener 十 of that can 凵) |
Mnemonic
| Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads. |
Radicals
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讠
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word | (traditionally 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth) |
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爫
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reaching downwards | (shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.) |
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缶
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can, jar | (In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".) |
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午
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noon | (11 a.m.-1 p.m., 7th earthly branch) |
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
| 谣言 |
yáo yán |
rumor | | 造谣 |
zào yáo |
to start a rumor | | 歌谣 |
gē yáo |
folksong; ballad; nursery rhyme |
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