Memory phrase for the character: 嗽

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

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
欶 |a bundle 束 and to lack 欠
束 bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
欠 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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