Memory phrase for the character: 隅

隅

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Meaning

corner

Pronunciation

yú

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫, long legs 冂)

Mnemonic
 
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.

Radicals

阝 hillThis radical shows a hill. This radical 阝 is always on the left of the hanzi. (Please note that this relatively similar radical ⻏ stands for “village” and is in the character always on the right.)
禺 ScorpionThe scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.
禸 trackEtymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the scorpion 禺.




 Vocabulary

海隅 hǎi yú  coastal area
局促一隅 jú cù yī yú  to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
察隅县 Chá yú xiàn  Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong
察隅县 Chá yú xiàn  

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