Memory phrase for the character: 贻

贻

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Meaning

to hand down, to bequeath

Pronunciation

yí

Explanation

 Left: money 贝/貝, right: stage, tribune 台 (The nose 厶 is above the mouth 口 as if on a tribune.)

Mnemonic
 
Money is the stage (= means for transfer) for: handing over.

Radicals

贝 shell, moneyThis is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.
台 stage, tribune




 Vocabulary

贻误 yí wù  to mislead; to affect adversely; to bungle; to cause delay or hindrance
养痈贻患 yǎng yōng yí huàn  lit. to foster an ulcer and bequeath a calamity (idiom); tolerating budding evil can only lead to disaster; to cherish a viper in one's bosom
贻贝 yí bèi  mussel
贻贝 yí bèi  

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