Memory phrase for the character: 吞

吞

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Meaning to swallow, drink, absorb

Pronunciation

tūn

Explanation

Top: sky 天, below: mouth 口

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

Radicals

天 skyDon't mistake with "early death" 夭, even if there is some overlapping in the explanations.　
口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
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 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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