Memory phrase for the character: 闺

闺

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Meaning

lady's chamber, boudoir, small arched door

Pronunciation

guī

Explanation

Outside: gate 门/門, inside: piled earth 圭 (Together with person 亻/人 this means: 'beautiful' 佳 (The person strutting 行 on the mounded street 街 is beautiful 佳)

Mnemonic

Behind the gate is for the 'beautiful', the: lady's chamber.

Radicals

門	gate	Typically simplified to: 门
圭	piled earth	Two times earth 土 on top of each other stands for piled-up earth. (Standing alone it has the meaning: jade sceptre)

Vocabulary

闺女	guī nǚ	maiden; unmarried woman; daughter
黄花闺女	huáng huā guī nǚ	maiden; virgin
闺阃	guī kǔn	women's quarters
闺阃	guī kǔn

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