Memory phrase for the character: 吞

吞

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Meaning

to swallow, drink, absorb

Pronunciation

tūn

Explanation

Top: sky 天, bottom: mouth 口

Mnemonic

Like from the sky and through the mouth, when: swallowing.

Radicals

天	sky	The line 一 above the big 大 person indicates the sky. - Don't mistake with "early death" 夭, even though there is some overlapping in the explanations.
口	mouth, opening	This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.

Vocabulary

吞并	tūn bìng	to annex
侵吞	qīn tūn	to annex; to swallow (up); to embezzle
吞食	tūn shí	to devour
吞噬	tūn shì	to swallow; to engulf; to gobble up
吞噬	tūn shì

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