Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鼓
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鼓 |
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Meaning |
drum, to rouse, to beat, convex |
Pronunciation |
gǔ |
Explanation |
Left: 壴 (twig 十 over bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), right: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting) |
Mnemonic
| With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums. |
Radicals
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壴
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drum | |
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豆
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bean | (shows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.) |
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支
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branch | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 鼓励 |
gǔ lì |
to encourage | | 鼓舞 |
gǔ wǔ |
heartening (news); boost (morale) | | 鼓吹 |
gǔ chuī |
to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote | | 鼓噪 |
gǔ zào |
din | | 朦在鼓里 |
méng zài gǔ lǐ |
lit. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark | | 锣鼓 |
luó gǔ |
gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments | | 擂鼓鸣金 |
léi gǔ míng jīn |
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat; to egg people on or to call them back |
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