Memory phrase for the character: 厨

厨

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Meaning

kitchen

Pronunciation

 chú

Explanation

 Left: cliff 厂 (here: kitchen table), inside: bean 豆, skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
The kitchen table, at which beans are processed with skillful hands, is in: the kitchen.

Radicals

厂 cliff
豆 beanshows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.
寸 skillful handImage 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".
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 Vocabulary

厨房 chú fáng  kitchen
厨师 chú shī  cook; chef
厨子 chú zi  cook
厨子 chú zi  

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