Memory phrase for the character: 偷


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Meaning

to steal, to pilfer, to snatch, stealthily

Pronunciation

tōu

Explanation

Left: person 亻, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])

Mnemonic


 
The person assents the theft.

Radicals

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.
arrow headThis radical gets its meaning by the similarity to the character for arrow: 箭 (jiàn), which has a similar body under the bamboo 竹. Due to the pointed top this radical is understood as the arrow's head 人 that goes into the flesh 月/肉 and cuts刂.
coverOther covers are 冖 or
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 Vocabulary

偷偷 tōu tōu  stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly
偷偷 tōu tōu  stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly
偷税 tōu shuì  tax evasion
小偷 xiǎo tōu  thief
小偷 xiǎo tōu  


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