Memory phrase for the Kanji: 腰
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腰 |
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning
| waist, lower back, middle, loins
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Pronunciation |
yāo |
Explanation |
Left: body part 月/肉, right: need/request 要 (A handbag 覀/西 is, what women 女 need.) [west 西 = Under the horizon 一 the sun 日 sinks 儿 at the sunset in the west.] |
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(Asian women have less 'butt':) A body part of western 西 women is the waist.
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Radicals
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肉
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meat | and body parts |
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西
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west | This sign has a certain resemblance to the sun 日 in combination with strokes 儿 that point downwards to indicate sunset in the west. |
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女
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woman | The character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips? |
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
| 腰部 |
yāo bù |
waist; small of the back |
| 山腰 |
shān yāo |
halfway up a mountain; lit. waist of mountain |
| 腰带 |
yāo dài |
belt |
| 掏腰包 |
tāo yāo bāo |
to pay; to foot the bill |
| 掏腰包 |
tāo yāo bāo |
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