Memory phrase for the character: 羹


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Meaning

soup

Pronunciation

gēng

Explanation

Top: lamb 羔 (The sheep 羊 on the fire 灬 is: a lamb), bottom: beautiful, USA 美 (sheep 羊, big 大)

Mnemonic


 
With lambs and sheep we make a big soup.

Radicals

lamb
sheepImage of a sheep from above with horns 丷 backbone 丨 and wool 三 extending to the sides.
fireAlso this radical 火 stands for fire.
big, hugeA person 人 with spread arms 一 appears big.




 Vocabulary

调羹 tiáo gēng  spoon
飨以闭门羹 xiǎng yǐ bì mén gēng  to close the door in one's face (idiom)
闭门羹 bì mén gēng  to be spurned; to be given the cold shoulder
闭门羹 bì mén gēng  


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