Memory phrase for the character: 巷

巷

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Meaning

lane, alley

Pronunciation

xiàng

Explanation

 Top: together 共 (Put the plants 艹 on the table together), bottom: self 己 (Following the windings, I find myself.)

Mnemonic
 
You can be together (with others) or you yourself (= alone): In a lane.

Radicals

共 together; common
己 oneselfFollowing the winding path I find myself. In several cases this snake 巳 is also understood as: "self".




 Vocabulary

街头巷尾 jiē tóu xiàng wěi  top of streets, bottom of alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
万人空巷 wàn rén kōng xiàng  the multitudes come out from everywhere, emptying every alleyway (to celebrate); the whole town turns out
窄巷 zhǎi xiàng  narrow alley; narrow street
窄巷 zhǎi xiàng  

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