Memory phrase for the character: 馋

馋

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Meaning

gluttonous, greedy

Pronunciation

chán

Explanation

 Left: food 饣/食, right: avoid, escape 免 (escaping rabbit 兔 with long ear⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 but no tail 丶) and two strokes 丶丶

Mnemonic
 
In terms of food, tailless rabbit in the grasses 丶丶 is: gluttonous.

Radicals

食 eat, foodA person 人 needs something good 良 to eat, whereby the two bottom lines can perhaps also be seen as chopsticks.
免 avoid, escapeThis radical is similar to rabbit 兔, which escapes with its long legs. (Note the difference to the radical 'brilliant' 奂, which shows a woman giving birth.)




 Vocabulary

驾辕 jià yuán  
馋鬼 chán guǐ  glutton; greedy; piggish
馋痨 chán láo  gluttony
馋痨 chán láo  

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