Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鞘


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Meaning

scabbard, sheath

Pronunciation

qiào

Explanation

Left: leather (Horned 廿 animals have a skin of leather.), right: alike/resemble (Small bodies are alike.)

Mnemonic

Made of leather and similar (to the sword:) The sword's scabbard.

Radicals

untanned leather
alike, resemble(The small bodies are alike.)
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Vocabulary

鞘翅 qiào chì elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
髓鞘 suǐ qiào myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
鞘脂 qiào zhī sphingolipid


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