Memory phrase for the character: 突


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Meaning to dash, proceed quickly, break through, suddenly

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave.), bottom: dog (The big person holds it in the arms)

Mnemonic


 
The cavity is big enough for a dog: It dashes in suddenly.

Radicals

cave
dogShows a big person with with outspread arms who holds a small dog
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 Vocabulary

突出 tū chū  prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project
突然 tū rán  sudden; abrupt; unexpected
突击 tū jī  sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
冲突 chōng tū  conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention
突破 tū pò  to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount or break the back of (a task etc); (of ball sports) to break through a defense
突厥 Tū jué  Turkic ethnic group
突厥斯坦 Tū jué sī tǎn  Turkestan
突兀 tū wù  lofty or towering; sudden or abupt
突兀 tū wù  

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