Memory phrase for the character: 们

们

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Meaning many, plural marker for persons

Pronunciation

men

Explanation

Left: person 亻, right: gate 门/門

Mnemonic
 
(A single door is not enough.) For the persons you need a gate, if they are many.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
门 gateSimplified from 門, which shows a gate with two wings.
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 Vocabulary

人们 rén men  people
我们 wǒ men  we; us; ourselves; our
他们 tā men  they
它们 tā men  they (for inanimate objects)
你们 nǐ men  you (plural)
她们 tā men  they; them (for females)
咱们 zá men  we, (personal pronom first person plural)
咱们 zá men  

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