Memory phrase for the character: 罚

罚

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Meaning

to punish, to penalize

Pronunciation

fá

Explanation

Top: variant of eye 罒/目, bottom: word 讠/言, knife 刂

Mnemonic

You can use a (deprecating) stare, words or knifes for: punishing.

Radicals

网	net	Can be understood as a trawl net 冂 in which something XX has been caught. Sometimes it is simplified to 罒.
讠	word	Traditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
刂	cut	It is typically at the right side of the character.

Vocabulary

处罚	chǔ fá	to penalize; to punish
刑罚	xíng fá	sentence; penalty; punishment
惩罚	chéng fá	penalty; punishment; to punish
惩罚	chéng fá

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