Memory phrase for the character: 驿

驿

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Meaning

relay station, post horse

Pronunciation

yì

Explanation

 Left: horse 马/馬, right: variation of vertical 圣, but here: two different hands: 又 and 扌=手

Mnemonic
 
(Here the riders changed horses.) A horse passes from one hand to another: at the relay station.

Radicals

馬 horsePicture of a running horse with the mane in the wind, four legs 灬 and the tail.
圣 verticalShows a hand 又 vertically above ground/earth 土. It has also the meaning "holy" from a hand over an object when blessing it.




 Vocabulary

驿站 yì zhàn  relay station for post horses
 
驿马 yì mǎ  post horse
 

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