Memory phrase for the character: 估

估

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Meaning estimate, reckon, assessment, merchant

Pronunciation

gū, gù

Explanation

Left: person 亻, right: old 古 (originally: skull, but here better as image a tomb stone)

Mnemonic
 
A person who is old (and experienced) is good in estimating.

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.
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
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 Vocabulary

估计 gū jì  to estimate; to reckon
估计 gū jì  

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