Memory phrase for the character: 胸

胸



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Meaning

chest, thorax, bosom, heart, mind

Pronunciation

 xiōng

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: Hungary 匈 (wrap 勹, bad luck/disaster 凶 [The cross 㐅 at the container 凵 shows that it is empty: what a bad luck!])

Mnemonic
 
The body's part enwrapping a "void container" is the chest.

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”.
勹 wrap
凶 fierce, fearfulWe have marked this container 凵 with a cross 㐅 because it brings bad luck.
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 Vocabulary

胸部 xiōng bù  chest; bosom
捶胸 chuí xiōng  to beat one's chest
捶胸顿足 chuí xiōng dùn zú  to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)
跌脚捶胸 diē jiǎo chuí xiōng  lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
胸脯 xiōng pú  chest
胸襟 xiōng jīn  lapel of jacket; heart; aspiration; vision
胸鳍 xiōng qí  pectoral fin
胸膛 xiōng táng  chest
胸腔 xiōng qiāng  thoracic cavity
胸噎 xiōng yē  thoracic choke (animal harness)
胸噎 xiōng yē  

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