Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 钵

钵

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Meaning

 small earthenware plate or basin, a monk's alms bowl

Pronunciation

 bō

Explanation

 Left: metal 钅/金, right: root, origin 本 (The tree 木 comes out of the roots 一 as origin and becomes a book)

Mnemonic

Metal can originally be used for: (alm) bowls.

Radicals

金 gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
本 root (of plants), origin
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Vocabulary

衣钵 yī bō the cassock and alms bowl of a Buddhist master passed on to the favorite disciple (Buddhism); legacy; mantle
金钵 jīn bō (gold) alms bowl (of a Buddhist monk)
钵头 bō tóu earthen bowl (Shanghainese)

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