Memory phrase for the character: 佩


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Meaning admire, to respect, to wear (belt etc)

Pronunciation

pèi

Explanation

Left: person , right: sail (cf. wind 风) and cloth

Mnemonic


 
The person sees in the sail a piece of cloth, admires it and wants to wear it.

Radicals

personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several variation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting person.
windAn an insect in a sail : ... by the wind. It is typically simplified to 风.
cloth, turban
small tableA similar radical is ordinary: , which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. It is at the right side of composed characters. Also this radical is understood as a table.
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 Vocabulary

佩服 pèi fú  to admire
钦佩 qīn pèi  to admire; to look up to; to respect sb greatly
布达佩斯 Bù dá pèi sī  Budapest, capital of Hungary
带牛佩犊 dài niú pèi dú  to abandon armed struggle and return to raising cattle (idiom)
带牛佩犊 dài niú pèi dú  


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