Memory phrase for the character: 肾

肾



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Meaning

kidney

Pronunciation

 shèn

Explanation

 Top: (knife刂, hand 又), bottom: body part 月/肉

Mnemonic
 
(It is located rather central in the body near the spine) A knife in a hand can cut out this body part: The kidney.

Radicals

肉 body partThis radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.
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 Vocabulary

肾上腺 shèn shàng xiàn  adrenal glands
肾脏 shèn zàng  kidney
肾上腺素 shèn shàng xiàn sù  adrenaline
肾上腺素 shèn shàng xiàn sù  

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