Memory phrase for the Kanji: 嗜


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Meaning

addicted to, fond of, preference, (word's end ...-phil)

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: old man 耆 (old, experienced 老 [old man 耂, sitting person 匕], sun 日)

Mnemonic


 
(He likes eating?) By the mouth has the old man his preferences: his addiction.

Radicals

mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
oldA similar radical is: filial obedience 孝 and this radical 耂 stands for an old man.
order, purpose
sun, dayThis 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.
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 Vocabulary

嗜欲 shì yù  lust
嗜好 shì hào  fondness; hobby; indulgence
嗜碱性粒细胞 shì jiǎn xìng lì xì bāo  basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell)
嗜碱性粒细胞 shì jiǎn xìng lì xì bāo  


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