Memory phrase for the character: 枕

枕

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Meaning pillow, to rest one's head

Pronunciation

zhěn

Explanation

Left: tree 木, right: 冘 (person 大 with broken arms 冖 and a broken leg 乚)

Mnemonic
 
Under the tree, there is sb. with broken limbs. Bring him a pillow!

Radicals

木 tree
冘 broken arms and legsonly one broken leg at 尢
乚 lighting rodThe use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".
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 Vocabulary

枕木 zhěn mù  sleeper (wooden support for railway track)
枕头 zhěn tou  pillow
枕骨 zhěn gǔ  occipital bone (back of the skull)
枕骨 zhěn gǔ  

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