Memory phrase for the character: 禽

禽

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Meaning

poultry, generic term for birds

Pronunciation

qín

Explanation

 Top: person 人, bottom: to part from 离 (Use the trash 㐫 can for the scorpion 禺 [you see 禸 =the hint legs 冂 and the sting 厶], so that it "leaves" us.)

Mnemonic
 
The image of a chicken coop 㐫 with a ladder 禸 stands: for poultry.

Radicals

禸 trackEtymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the scorpion 禺.
㐫 trash canAt the top a cover 亠 and below "fearful 㐫" which is free interpreted as "trash can".
离 to part fromThe lower part 禸 shows two hind legs 冂 and the sting 厶 from a scorpion. It shall be put into a trash can 㐫 so that it leaves us.




 Vocabulary

禽兽 qín shòu  birds and animals; creature; beast (brutal person)
鸣禽 míng qín  songbird
鸟禽 niǎo qín  bird
鸟禽 niǎo qín  

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