Memory phrase for the Kanji: 嗽


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Meaning

cough

Pronunciation

sòu

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: 欶 (bundle 束 [a mouth behind a tree], lack 欠 [A yawning person 人 is lacking sth.])

Mnemonic


 
If you open your mouth so that it's visible from behind the tree, like a yawning 欠 person: that is cough.

Radicals

mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
|a bundle 束 and to lack 欠
bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
lack, yawnLike a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).
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 Vocabulary

咳嗽 ké sou  to cough
咳嗽 ké sou  


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