Memory phrase for the character: 渝

渝

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Meaning to change, abbr. for Chongqing 重庆

Pronunciation

yú

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: to assent, approve 俞 (When the arrowhead gets into the body 月/肉 to cut 刂, I am assenting. [cf. arrow 箭])

Mnemonic
 
(It flows as it wants:) Water assents to change.

Radicals

氵 Water
俞 arrow headThis radical gets its meaning by the similarity to the character for arrow: 箭 (jiàn), which has a similar body under the bamboo 竹. Due to the pointed top this radical is understood as the arrow's head 人 that goes into the flesh 月/肉 and cuts刂.
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 Vocabulary

磐石 pán shí  
磐石 pán shí  
渝北区 Yú běi qū  Yubei district of central Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
渝北区 Yú běi qū  

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