Memory phrase for the character: 瓢

瓢

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Meaning

dipper, ladle

Pronunciation

piáo

Explanation

 Left: ticket, bank note 票 (In the west 覀/西 you show 示 your ticket), right: melon 瓜 (Image of a melon hanging from a frame.)

Mnemonic
 
(A melon was cut in half and the hard shell serves as a ladle:) For your ticket, fill the (half) melon: as a dipper / ladle.

Radicals

票 ticket, ballotIt is flat 一, there can be two || next to each other and it is flat 口 and you show 示 it: The note or ticket you use at the ballot
瓜 melon, pumpkinPicture of a melon hanging from a frame.




 Vocabulary

茄二十八星瓢虫 qié èr shí bā xīng piáo chóng  twenty eight spot lady beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata Fabricius
脑瓢儿 nǎo piáor  top of the head; crown
秃瓢 tū piáo  bald head (colloquial)
秃瓢 tū piáo  

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