Memory phrase for the character: 寡

寡

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Meaning few, widowed

Pronunciation

guǎ

Explanation

From top: roof 宀, head/forehead (for person) 頁, divide 分 (with a sword 刀 in 8 八 pieces)

Mnemonic
 
If under the roof there are (further) heads, the part/division for the widow becomes too little.

Radicals

宀 roof
頁 head, leaderPicture of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows 頁 meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.
分 divideTo divide in eight 八 parts with a swords 刀.
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 Vocabulary

寡妇 guǎ fu  widow
多寡 duō guǎ  number; amount
寡头 guǎ tóu  oligarch
寡头 guǎ tóu  

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