Memory phrase for the character: 枪

枪

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Meaning

firearm, rifle, spear

Pronunciation

 qiāng

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: warehouse 仓 (Under the pointed roof 人 is a roll of cloth 㔾 in the warehouse)

Mnemonic
 
It is built with wood (at least the handle?) and it turns a person 人 into a slumped person 㔾: the firearm!

Radicals

木 tree
仓 storehouse, barn, granary
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 Vocabulary

枪声 qiāng shēng  crack; shooting sound; gunshot
开枪 kāi qiāng  to open fire; to shoot a gun
机枪 jī qiāng  machine gun
枪毙 qiāng bì  to execute by firing squad; to shoot dead; fig. to discard; to get rid of
枪毙 qiāng bì  
马克沁机枪 Mǎ kè qìn jī qiāng  Maxim machine gun
马克沁机枪 Mǎ kè qìn jī qiāng  

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