Memory phrase for the Kanji: 焘


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Meaning

cover over, to envelope

Pronunciation

dào

Explanation

Top: long life 寿 (two skillful hands 手 & 寸 are needed for Sushi 寿司 and you will have a long life.), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic


 
(Oxygen reduction by a cover causes a slow burning:) A long life has the fire, if it is covered.

Radicals

寿 long life
handImage of a hand with fingers sticking out
skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".
fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
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 Vocabulary

郭松焘 Guō Sōng dào  Guo Songdao or Kuo Sun-tao (1818-1891), China's first imperial commissioner (ambassador) to UK and France
张国焘 Zhāng Guó tāo  Zhang Guotao (1897-1979), Chinese communist leader in the 1920s and 1930s, defected to Guomindang in 1938
张国焘 Zhāng Guó tāo  


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