Memory phrase for the Kanji: 膏

膏

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Meaning

cream, balm, ointment, paste

Pronunciation

 gāo

Explanation

 Top: high 高 (actually a guard tower, but here: a cover/lid 亠 and three layers 口,冖,口 of the skin), bottom: part of body 月/肉

Mnemonic
It's a cover for the three layers of the body's skin: the cream or balm.

Radicals

高 tall
肉 meatand body parts
亠 lid
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Vocabulary

 石膏  shí gāo  gypsum, plaster
 石膏  shí gāo  

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