Memory phrase for the character: 嵌

嵌

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Meaning to inlay, to embed, nesting, tesselation

Pronunciation

qiàn

Explanation

Top: mountain 山 (here: mountain-like = an up-and-down profile/relief), bottom: sweet 甘 (mouth 廿 with sth. sweet 一 ), lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth)

Mnemonic
 
In an up-down profile or an empty open mouth you can (where it is lacking) put in: an inlay or tesselation.

Radicals

山 mountain
甘 sweet
欠 lack, yawn
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 Vocabulary

镶嵌 xiāng qiàn  to inlay; to embed; to set (e.g. a jewel in a ring); tiling; tesselation
赤嵌楼 Chì kǎn lóu  Chihkan Tower (formerly Fort Provintia) in Tainan, Taiwan
嵌进 qiàn jìn  embedded; embedding
嵌进 qiàn jìn  

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