Memory phrase for the character: 卢

卢

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Meaning

abbr. for Luxembourg

Pronunciation

lú

Explanation

Top: fork in the road 卜, bottom: buttocks in side view 尸

Mnemonic

Like at a forking road (between the three neighboring countries) you sit with your buttocks in Luxembourg.

Radicals

卜	oracle, mysticism	This radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.
尸	buttocks in side view	This radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally mean 'buttocks'.

Vocabulary

卢布	lú bù	rouble, Russian currency; also spelt ruble
卢森堡	Lú sēn bǎo	Luxembourg
卢森堡	Lú sēn bǎo

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