Memory phrase for the character: 胡

胡

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Meaning beard, mustache, non-Han people, reckless

Pronunciation

hú

Explanation

Left: old 古 (image of a tomb stone), right: flesh, body part 月/肉

Mnemonic
 
Like old flesh are the beards of the non-Han people.

Radicals

胡 beard, non-Han people
古 ancient, old, formerOriginally derived from the picture of a skull, hence "old". But the idea of a burial mound is also helpful.
肉 meatand body parts
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 Vocabulary

胡子 hú zi  beard; moustache or whiskers; facial hair
胡萝卜 hú luó bo  carrot
胡萝卜素 hú luó bo sù  carotene
胡燕妮 Hú Yān nī  Jenny Hu
胡诌乱傍 hú zhōu luàn bàng  to talk random nonsense (idiom); to say whatever comes into one's head
胡椒 hú jiāo  pepper
胡抡 hú lūn  to act rashly
胡笙 hú shēng  pipe wind instrument introduced from the non-Han peoples in the North and West
胡笙 hú shēng  

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