Memory phrase for the character: 寂

寂

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Meaning lonely, solitary, silent

Pronunciation

jì

Explanation

Top: roof, house 宀, below: parent's younger siblings 叔 (left: image of a pepper plant 尗, right: hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
(They are just out harvesting pepper by hand:) The house of my younger uncle is lonely.

Radicals

宀 roof
叔 younger uncle
尗 pepper plantThe assignment of 尗 as "pepper" is based on the character 椒 (jiāo), which stands for pepper/spices.
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 Vocabulary

寂寞 jì mò  lonely; lonesome; quiet; silent
寂静 jì jìng  quiet
沉寂 chén jì  silence; stillness
沉寂 chén jì  

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