Memory phrase for the character: 卢


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Meaning

abbr. for Luxembourg

Pronunciation

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

oracle, mysticismThis 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.
buttocks in side viewThis 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'.
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 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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