Memory phrase for the character: 熬

熬

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Meaning to slowly boil sth., stew, to simmer, endure (suffering)

Pronunciation

āo, áo

Explanation

Top: to ramble 敖 (The growing plant would grow in all directions 方 and needs the 攵 [= stick 卜 in a hand 又] against rambling.), bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
A rambling flame causes slow: boiling.

Radicals

敖 to ramble, to rove
灬 fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
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 Vocabulary

煎熬 jiān áo  to suffer; to torture; to torment; ordeal; suffering; torture; torment
难熬 nán áo  hard to bear; unendurable (pain, suffering)
苦熬 kǔ áo  to endure (years of suffering)
苦熬 kǔ áo  

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