Memory phrase for the character: 啸

啸

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Meaning to hiss, to whistle

Pronunciation

xiào

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: respectful 肃 (here: hand grapping the tail 丨 of a four legged 灬 animal.)

Mnemonic
 
The mouth's sounded (when he seized the animal's tail) a hiss. (when it was caught 逮)

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
隶 stirring soupThe official meaning is "slave" but better usable as a hand stirring water (=soup)
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 Vocabulary

呼啸 hū xiào  to whistle; to scream; to whiz
海啸 hǎi xiào  tsunami
汪啸风 Wāng Xiào fēng  Wang Xiaofeng (1944-), fourth governor of Hainan
汪啸风 Wāng Xiào fēng  

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