Memory phrase for the character: 奶


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Meaning

breast, milk, breast-feed

Pronunciation

nǎi

Explanation

Left: woman 女, right: therefore, thus 乃 (pregnancy belly [side view] cf. pregnancy 孕, where a child 子 comes out of that womb 乃)

Mnemonic


 
A woman with a pregnancy belly has breasts for feeding.

Radicals

womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
thereforeShows a pregnancy belly in a side view - The meaning of this radical is based on 孕 (yùn), which means: "pregnancy". It is read such that the child 子 comes out of the womb 乃.
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 Vocabulary

奶奶 nǎi nai  (informal) father's mother; paternal grandmother
奶奶 nǎi nai  (informal) father's mother; paternal grandmother
奶奶 nǎi nai  


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