Memory phrase for the character: 寇


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Meaning

bandit, foe, enemy, to invade, to plunder

Pronunciation

kòu

Explanation

Top: roof 宀, bottom: Yuan/money, origin 元, strike 攵/攴 (a hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic


 
He comes under your roof, wants your Yuan and strikes: the bandit.

Radicals

roof
yuan
rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

倭寇 Wō kòu  Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
流寇 liú kòu  roving bandit; rebel band
司寇 sī kòu  minister of criminal justice (official rank in Imperial China); two-character surname Sikou
司寇 sī kòu  


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