Memory phrase for the character: 尝

尝

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Meaning to taste (food), to try, already, ever, once

Pronunciation

cháng

Explanation

From top: small 小, cover 冖, cloud, to say 云 (It can drip from both 二, namely from noses 厶 or: clouds)

Mnemonic
 
If the small (thing) on the cover tastes like a cloud, that's I want to try/taste.

Radicals

小 smallA person with tight arms
冖 coverThis very similar radical 宀 is understood as a roof.
云 cloud, fog
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 Vocabulary

尝试 cháng shì  to try; to attempt
未尝 wèi cháng  not ever; not necessarily
何尝 hé cháng  (rhetorical question) when?; how?; it's not that...
卧薪尝胆 wò xīn cháng dǎn  lit. to lie on firewood and taste gall (idiom); fig. suffering patiently, but firmly resolved on revenge
浅尝辄止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ  to dabble and stop (idiom); to dip into; to attempt half-heartedly
浅尝辄止 qiǎn cháng zhé zhǐ  

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