Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 阉
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阉 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
to castrate, a castrate, neuter |
Pronunciation |
yān |
Explanation |
Outside: gate 门/門, inside: suddenly 奄 (i.e. a lightning stroke: The big 大 electricity 电 comes suddenly.) [electricity 电 = field 田 with lightning arrester 乚] |
Mnemonic
| (Electric pasture fence? - When climbing over:) the gate, the big electricity made him: a castrate. |
Radicals
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门
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gate | (Simplified from 門, which shows a gate with two wings.) |
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奄
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suddenly | |
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电
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electricity | (Field 田 with lightning rod 乚.) |
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乚
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lighting rod | (The use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod", although other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".) |
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
| 阉割 |
yān gē |
to castrate; fig. to emasculate | | 阉竖 |
yān shù |
eunuch (contemptuous appellation) | | 阉然 |
yān rán |
covertly; secretly |
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