Memory phrase for the character: 膏
膏
Meaning
cream, balm, ointment, paste Pronunciation gāo Explanation Top: high 高 (actually a guard tower, but here: a cover/lid 亠 and three layers 口,冖,口 of the skin), bottom: part of body 月/肉
Mnemonic
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It's a cover for the three layers of the body's skin: the cream or balm. Radicals
高
tall
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”.
亠
lid
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Vocabulary
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石膏 shí gāo
gypsum, plaster
石膏 shí gāo
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