Memory phrase for the character: 滴

滴

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Meaning a drop, to drip

Pronunciation

dī

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: old emperor (mix of emperor 帝 and old 古)

Mnemonic
 
(Due to problems with the prostate gland) Passing 'water', can the old emperor only drop by drop.

Radicals

氵 Water
帝 emperor
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
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 Vocabulary

水滴 shuǐ dī  drop
滴滴涕 dī dī tì  DDT (loanword); dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
滴滴涕 dī dī tì  DDT (loanword); dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
滴定 dī dìng  titration
滴里嘟噜 dī lǐ dū lu  cumbersome
滴里嘟噜 dī lǐ dū lu  

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