Memory phrase for the Kanji: 嚼
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嚼 |
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Meaning
| to chew
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Pronunciation |
jiáo, jué |
Explanation |
Left: mouth 口, right: nobility 爵 (A hand 爫 takes the plates 罒(=皿) to serve food 食 skillfully 寸 to the nobility.) |
Mnemonic
| Also the mouths of the nobility chew.
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Radicals
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口
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mouth, opening | This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure. |
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爫
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reaching downwards | shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth. |
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皿
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bowl | |
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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". |
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Vocabulary
| 咀嚼 |
jǔ jué |
to chew; to think over |
| 贪多嚼不烂 |
tān duō jiáo bù làn |
to bite off more than one can chew (idiom) |
| 嚼舌头 |
jiáo shé tóu |
to gossip; to argue unnecessarily |
| 嚼舌头 |
jiáo shé tóu |
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