Memory phrase for the Kanji: 冠
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冠 |
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Meaning
| hat, crown, crest, cap
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Pronunciation |
guān, guàn |
Explanation |
Top: cover 冖, bottom: origin/chin.Yuan 元, skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| It's covering, costed many Yuan and is made by a skillful hand: The crown. (or the hat)
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Radicals
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冖
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cover | This very similar radical 宀 is understood as a roof. |
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元
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yuan | |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. 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". |
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
| 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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