Memory phrase for the character: 喝

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hē, hè

Left: mouth 口, right: interrogation 曷 (= The mouth with tongue 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner

at the interrogation)

His mouth wants (when the sun is over the wrapped person 人) something: to drink.

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.

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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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