Memory phrase for the Kanji: 喝
喝
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Meaning
to drink, to shout loudly, My goodness!
Pronunciation
hē, hè
Explanation
Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation)
Mnemonic
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His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person 人) something: to drink.
Radicals
口
mouth, opening This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
曷
interrogation also as an interrogative particle: why, how, when
日
sun, day This radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
勹
wrap
人
person A standing person with spread legs.
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
Vocabulary
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喝酒
hē jiǔ
to drink (alcohol)
吆喝
yāo he
to shout; to bawl; to yell (to urge on an animal); to hawk (one's wares); to denounce loudly; to shout slogans
喝采
hè cǎi
acclaim; cheer
开锣喝道
kāi luó hè dào
to clear a street by banging gongs and shouting loudly (idiom)
开锣喝道
kāi luó hè dào
蹭吃蹭喝
cèng chī cèng hē
to cadge a meal
蹭吃蹭喝
cèng chī cèng hē
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