Memory phrase for the character: 腮

腮



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Meaning

cheek (esp. lower cheek), jaw, gills (of fish)

Pronunciation

 sāi

Explanation

 Left: body part 月/肉, right: to think 思 (... with your brain 田 and your heart 心)

Mnemonic
 
The body part of "thinkers" is the lower cheek.

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”.
思 to think
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 Vocabulary

腮颊 sāi jiá  cheek; jaw
腮腺炎 sāi xiàn yán  mumps
腮腺 sāi xiàn  parotid gland; saliva gland in cheek
腮腺 sāi xiàn  

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