Memory phrase for the character: 牌

牌

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Meaning signboard, plate, tablet, playing cards

Pronunciation

pái

Explanation

Left: part/fragment 片 (tree, halved vertically), right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar.)

Mnemonic
 
A simple fragment is vulgar, but still can be used as signboard.

Radicals

片 sliced woodIn characters is this radical always at the left.
卑 vulgar, low, baseNormally, the character for field 田 should be drawn neatly. But if it is "scribble" like this, it is tenfold: vulgar.
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 Vocabulary

招牌 zhāo pai  signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business
牌号 pái hào  trademark
名牌 míng pái  famous brand
牌坊 pái fāng  memorial arch
牌匾 pái biǎn  board (attached to a wall)
牌匾 pái biǎn  

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