Memory phrase for the character: 拖




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Meaning

to drag, to pull, to trail, to delay, to drag on

Pronunciation

tuō

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: 㐌 (person lying down , twisting creature 也 (e.g. snake)

Mnemonic


 
By hand you get a 'straight lying person' from a 'bent creature', when you pull on it.

Radicals

handSimplification of this hand 手
person lying downThis radical can be seen as a person 人 who has the right leg horizontal 一. He is thus lying. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
alsoShows a bent creature 也 (i.e. a snake or scorpion).
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 Vocabulary

拖拉机 tuō lā jī  tractor
拖欠 tuō qiàn  in arrears; behind in payments; to default on one's debts
拖曳机 tuō yè jī  tractor
拖曳机 tuō yè jī  


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