Memory phrase for the character: 腿
腿
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Meaning
leg, lower extremities
Pronunciation
tuǐ
Explanation
Left: body part 月/肉, right: retreat 退 (The movement 辶 is not good 艮 if it is a retreat.)
Mnemonic
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The part of the body that can be retreated is the leg.
Radicals
肉
body part This 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”.
退
retreat
辶
movement In some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
艮
not good This 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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Vocabulary
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大腿
dà tuǐ
thigh
火腿
huǒ tuǐ
ham
小腿
xiǎo tuǐ
calf (of the leg)
鬼扯腿
guǐ chě tuǐ
lit. ghost pulls your leg; involuntary tug of muscles; fig. very unlucky; fig. argumentative; fig. can't help doing it
裤腿
kù tuǐ
trouser leg
绑腿
bǎng tuǐ
leg wrappings; puttee
瘸腿
qué tuǐ
crippled; lame; a cripple; a lame person
瘸腿
qué tuǐ
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