Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 骷
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骷 |
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Meaning |
skeleton, human skull |
Pronunciation |
kū |
Explanation |
Left: skeleton 骨 (image of a vertebra, cover 冖, body/flesh 月), right: old 古 (originally: a skull, but it's better to imagine a tomb stone) |
Mnemonic
| The skeleton at the tomb stone: a skeleton. |
Radicals
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骨
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bone | |
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古
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ancient, old, former | (Originally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.) |
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Vocabulary
| 骷髅 |
kū lóu |
human skeleton; human skull |
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