Memory phrase for the character: 窝


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Meaning

nest, lair, shelter, pit on the human body

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: chat, gossip 呙 (A mouth 口 as big as the chest 内 likes gossip.)

Mnemonic


 
It's a cavity 穴, that surrounds 口, where you can be inside 内: The nest.

Radicals

caveIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
gossip, chat, jawHis mouth 口 is as big as the chest 内, because he likes gossips.




 Vocabulary

眼窝 yǎn wō  eye socket
蜂窝煤 fēng wō méi  hexagonal household coal briquet
蜂窝 fēng wō  bee's nest; honeycomb; fig. honeycomb figure
颊窝 jiá wō  dimple; heat-sensing facial pit of a snake
捅马蜂窝 tǒng mǎ fēng wō  to poke through a hornets' nest; to attack a difficult task resolutely
捅马蜂窝 tǒng mǎ fēng wō  


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