Memory phrase for the character: 胀


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Meaning

to swell, swollen, to be bloated

Pronunciation

zhàng

Explanation

Left: body part 月/肉, right: long 长/長 (Long mane in the wind of a galloping horse)

Mnemonic


 
A body part that is elongated, is: swollen.

Radicals

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”.
longThis radical has a similarity to horse 馬, where the horse's long mane blows in the wind. Think here at “long 長” to a long clothing 衣 blowing in the wind.
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 Vocabulary

肿胀 zhǒng zhàng  swelling; oedema; internal bruising
膨胀 péng zhàng  to expand; to inflate; to swell
头晕脑胀 tóu yūn nǎo zhàng  dizzy and light-headed
头晕脑胀 tóu yūn nǎo zhàng  


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