Memory phrase for the character: 穿

穿

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Meaning pierce, pass through, to dress, to wear, to thread

Pronunciation

chuān

Explanation

Top: cavity, hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: tusk 牙 (= an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ)

Mnemonic
 
(Think of sewing your clothes:) You make a hole with a tusk [= the needle] to pierce (e.g. the cloth) such that you can wear it.

Radicals

穴 cave
牙 fang, tuskSide view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.
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 Vocabulary

穿着 chuān zhuó  dress; to wear; clothes; attire
戳穿 chuō chuān  to puncture; to lay bear or expose (lies etc)
戳穿 chuō chuān  

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