Memory phrase for the character: 叟

叟

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Meaning

old gentleman, old man

Pronunciation

 sǒu

Explanation

 Stick 丨 and hands from left and right E, 彐, below: again 又 (shows hand)

Mnemonic
 
He supports himself with both hands at a stick that serves as a third hand: the old man.

Radicals

又 again, handOther radicals with a hand are: 攴寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
叟 old gentleman, old manDoes he support himself with three hands (E, 彐, 又) on his walking stick 丨? - (Or does he have a walker?)
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 Vocabulary

氯化钾 lǜ huà jiǎ  
老叟 lǎo sǒu  old man
童叟无欺 tóng sǒu wú qī  cheating neither old nor young (idiom); treating youngsters and old folk equally scrupulously; Our house offers sincere treatment to all and fair trade to old and young alike.
童叟无欺 tóng sǒu wú qī  

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