Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 雄

雄

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Meaning

 male, imposing, powerful

Pronunciation

 xióng

Explanation

 Left: upper arm 厷 (ten 十, nose 厶), right: bird 隹

Mnemonic

The ten-noses-bird is the male and the female 雌 is the stop-and-sit-bird.

Radicals

十 ten
厶 private, nose(Side view of a nose that is facing to the left.)
隹 short tailed bird
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Vocabulary

英雄 yīng xióng hero
雄浑 xióng hún vigorous; firm; forceful
顾盼自雄 gù pàn zì xióng to strut about feeling complacent (idiom)
雌雄 cí xióng male and female
雄蕊 xióng ruǐ stamen (male part of flower)
雄酯酮 xióng zhǐ tóng male hormone; testosterone

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