Memory phrase for the Kanji: 冠


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Meaning hat, crown, crest, cap

Pronunciation

guān, guàn

Explanation

Top: cover , bottom: origin/chin.Yuan , skillful hand

Mnemonic


 
It's covering, costed many Yuan and is made by a skillful hand: The crown. (or the hat)

Radicals

coverThis very similar radical is understood as a roof.
yuan
skillful handImage of a hand forearm and pulse . It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".
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 Vocabulary

 冠军  guàn jūn  champion
 树冠  shù guān  treetop
 花冠  huā guàn  corolla
 黑冠长臂猿  hēi guān cháng bì yuán  black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
 冠冕堂皇  guān miǎn táng huáng  high-sounding; dignified; pompous (idiom)
 冠冕堂皇  guān miǎn táng huáng  

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