Memory phrase for the character: 婆

婆

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Meaning

grandmother, mother-in-law, matron

Pronunciation

pó

Explanation

 Top: wave 波 (The water 氵has this skin 皮) [skin 皮 = A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂], below: woman 女

Mnemonic
 
The 'waved' (= with wrinkled skin) woman is my: grandmother.

Radicals

皮 skinFor 'leather' the radicals 革 and 韦 are used.
女 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?




 Vocabulary

老婆 lǎo pó  (informal) wife
巫婆 wū pó  witch; sorceress; female shaman
老婆孩子热炕头 lǎo pó hái zi rè kàng tou  wife kids and a warm bed (common saying); the simple and good life; longa est vita si plena est; la dolce vita
 
 

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