Memory phrase for the character: 隧

隧

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Meaning

tunnel, underground passage

Pronunciation

suì

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: satisfy 遂 (out of 丷, pig 豕/豚, movement 辶)

Mnemonic

By the hill (= the excavation 丷 next to it) you see where the pig's movements made: a tunnel.

Radicals

阝	hill	This 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.)
辶	movement	In some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
豕	pig	The zodiac boar is 亥

Vocabulary

隧道	suì dào	tunnel
隧道尽头的光亮	suì dào jìn tóu de guāng liàng	the light at the end of the tunnel
腕隧道症候群	wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún	carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve); median neuropathy at the wrist
腕隧道症候群	wàn suì dào zhèng hòu qún

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