Memory phrase for the character: 垣

垣

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Meaning

wall, city wall

Pronunciation

 yuán

Explanation

 Left: earth 土, right: to extend wholly 亘 (from sunrise to sunset 亘 [=the sun 日 above 旦 and below the horizon 一])

Mnemonic
 
The earth must (be piled) from sunrise to sunset to get: a wall. (Or: The earth must extend wholly [without flaws] as: city wall)

Radicals

土 earth, groundPay attention to the length of the upper line. If it is longer, it means scholar 士.
亘 extending all the wayfrom sunrise 旦 (sun above horizon) to sunset (= with the sun 日 below the horizon 一)
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 is just above the horizon 一 at sunrise.
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 Vocabulary

逾垣 yú yuán  to run away; to escape
颓垣断壁 tuí yuán duàn bì  crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)
颓垣断壁 tuí yuán duàn bì  
颓垣断壁 tuí yuán duàn bì  
颓垣断壁 tuí yuán duàn bì  

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