Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鲨

鲨

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Meaning

 shark

Pronunciation

 shā

Explanation

 Top: sand, gravel 沙 (in [unclear] water 氵is always a little 少 sand), bottom: fish 鱼/魚

Mnemonic

In the sandy water is this fish: the shark.

Radicals

氵 Water
少 few, little
魚 fish
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Vocabulary

鲨鱼 shā yú shark
鼬鲨 yòu shā tiger shark
食人鲨 shí rén shā man-eating shark, great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

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