Memory phrase for the character: 揉

揉

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Meaning

to knead, to massage, to rub

Pronunciation

 róu

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: soft, flexible 柔 (A spear 矛 from the upper part of a tree 木 is soft&flexible)

Mnemonic
 
The hand makes it soft and flexible when kneading at the massage.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
矛 barbed lanceDo not mistake with the radical: "予 to give, bestow"
木 tree
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 Vocabulary

揉搓 róu cuo  to rub; to torment; to torture
矫揉造作 jiǎo róu zào zuò  pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs
众说纷揉 zhòng shuō fēn róu  lit. diverse opinions confused and divided (idiom); opinions differ; controversial matters
搓揉 cuō róu  to knead; to rub
搓揉 cuō róu  

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