Memory phrase for the character: 冥


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Meaning dark, deep, stupid, the underworld

Pronunciation

míng

Explanation

From top: cover , sun/day , six

Mnemonic


 
(The class of sunglasses?) A cover that makes the sun-light sixfold darker.

Radicals

coverThis very similar radical is understood as a roof.
sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
six
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 Vocabulary

冥王星 Míng wáng xīng  Pluto (dwarf planet)
风雨晦冥 fēng yǔ huì míng  conditions of extreme adversity (idiom)
邈冥冥 miǎo míng míng  far off; distant
邈冥冥 miǎo míng míng  far off; distant
邈冥冥 miǎo míng míng  

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