Memory phrase for the character: 呆

呆

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Meaning foolish, stupid, expressionless

Pronunciation

dāi

Explanation

Top: mouth 口, below: tree 木

Mnemonic
 
A mouth eating a tree is foolish.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
木 tree
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 Vocabulary

目瞪口呆 mù dèng kǒu dāi  dumbstruck (idiom); stupefied; stunned
书呆子 shū dāi zi  bookworm; pedant; bookish fool
发呆 fā dāi  to daydream; lost in thought
目怔口呆 mù zhēng kǒu dāi  lit. eye startled, mouth struck dumb (idiom); stunned; stupefied
老年痴呆症 lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng  senile dementia; Alzheimer's disease
老年痴呆症 lǎo nián chī dāi zhèng  

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