Memory phrase for the character: 盗

盗

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Meaning to steal, to rob, to plunder, thief

Pronunciation

dào

Explanation

Top: next/following 次 (ice 冫is lacking 欠, what comes next?) [to lack 欠 = yawning ⺈ person 人 with mouth wide open, who is lacking good manners], below: plate 皿

Mnemonic
 
If the ice [cream] is missing/lacking at that plate, it has been stolen.

Radicals

次 next in sequence
皿 bowl
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 Vocabulary

强盗 qiáng dào  to rob (with force); bandit; robber
盗贼 dào zéi  robber
盗窃 dào qiè  to steal
开门揖盗 kāi mén yī dào  leaving the door open invites the thief (idiom); to invite disaster by giving evildoers a free hand
诲淫诲盗 huì yín huì dào  to promote sex and violence; to stir up lust and covetousness
诲淫诲盗 huì yín huì dào  

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