Memory phrase for the character: 爷

爷

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Meaning grandfather, grandpa, old gentleman

Pronunciation

yé

Explanation

Top: father 父 (.. has a stick ノ in his hand ), bottom: bent person 卩

Mnemonic
 
This "father" is a bent person: The grandfather.

Radicals

父 father
卩 bent personshows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕 sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

老爷 lǎo ye  (respectful) lord; master; (informal) maternal grandfather
爷爷 yé ye  (informal) father's father; paternal grandfather
爷爷 yé ye  (informal) father's father; paternal grandfather
大爷 dà ye  (informal) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man
侃爷 kǎn yé  big talker
侃爷 kǎn yé  

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