Memory phrase for the character: 嗤

嗤

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Meaning

laugh at, jeer, scoff at, sneer at

Pronunciation

 chī

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: worm, ignorant 蚩 (below 一 the mountain 山, insect 虫)

Mnemonic
 
The mouth (sees), that the mountain is like one insect and: laughs (about the ignorant worm)

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
山 mountain
虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
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 Vocabulary

嗤笑 chī xiào  to sneer at
嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí  to look down upon; to treat with contempt (idiom)
嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí  

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