Memory phrase for the character: 咀

咀

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Meaning

to chew, to masticate

Pronunciation

jǔ

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: further/moreover 且 (=pile of stones, but here: a mouth wide open, with teeth at top and bottom and a central gap)

Mnemonic
 
The mouth is wide open when: chewing.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
且 and; moreover; yet




 Vocabulary

咀嚼 jǔ jué  to chew; to think over
咀嚼 jǔ jué  
石咀山市 Shí jǔ shān shì  variant of Shizuishan 石嘴山市, prefecture level city in Ningxia on the border with Inner Mongolia
石咀山市 Shí jǔ shān shì  

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