Memory phrase for the character: 嘀

嘀

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Meaning

backbite

Pronunciation

 dí

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: old emperor 啇 (mix of emperor 帝 [He stands 立 and is covered 冖 with cloth 巾] and is old 古)

Mnemonic
 
From the mouth of the old emperor: a backbite.

Radicals

口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
帝 emperor
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
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 Vocabulary

嘀咕 dí gu  to whisper
嘀嗒 dī dā  onom. tick tock
嘀嗒 dī dā  

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