Memory phrase for the character: 妖


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Meaning witch, devil, demon, goblin, enchanting

Pronunciation

yāo

Explanation

Left: woman , right: early death (don't mistake with sky )

Mnemonic


 
The woman, who brings the early death is a witch.

Radicals

womanThe character for tall shows a person with outstretched arms . If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman . The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
early death to die prematurely, Don't mistake with heaven/sky
skyDon't mistake with "early death" , even if there is some overlapping in the explanations. 
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 Vocabulary

妖魔 yāo mó  demon
妖风 yāo fēng  evil wind
降妖伏磨 xiáng yāo fú mó  to conquer all kinds of demons
降妖伏磨 xiáng yāo fú mó  

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