Memory phrase for the character: 抿

抿

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Meaning to smooth, purse up (lips)

Pronunciation

mǐn

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: people, nation 民 (several times 'family' 氏 behind each others as multiplier for the people.)

Mnemonic
 
A hand that forms (families into) a people: smoothes.

Radicals

扌 hand
民 people, nation
氏 clanVariant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.
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