Memory phrase for the character: 疏

疏

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Meaning scatter, sparse, scanty, neglect, thin, to dredge

Pronunciation

shū

Explanation

Left: 疋 (here: correct 正), right: 㐬 ("newborn baby" as a child turned upside down : the child 子 comes with head first, with amniotic fluid 川)

Mnemonic
 
(Declining birth rate) It is correct that newborn babies are scattered sparsely.

Radicals

疋 bolt of clothDon't mistake with correct: 正
正 correctRadical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.
㐬 new born babyChild 子 turned upside down: the child comes with head first), below: water/amniotic fluid 川.
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 Vocabulary

疏松 shū sōng  to loosen
稀疏 xī shū  sparse; infrequent; thinly spread
疏忽 shū hu  to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness
疏浚 shū jùn  to dredge
疏浚 shū jùn  

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