Memory phrase for the character: 碑

碑

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Meaning stele, an upright stone tablet, a monument

Pronunciation

bēi

Explanation

Left: stone 石, right: vulgar/low 卑 (A such untidy field 田 is tenfold 十 vulgar)

Mnemonic
 
A stone regarded as ignoble is the stele.

Radicals

石 stoneShows a variation of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.
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

纪念碑 jì niàn bēi  monument
石碑 shí bēi  stele; stone tablet (for inscription)
界碑 jiè bēi  boundary stone; table marking border
界碑 jiè bēi  

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