Memory phrase for the Kanji: 臀
臀
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Meaning
butt, buttocks
Pronunciation
tún
Explanation
Top: palace hall 殿 (Buttocks 尸 together 共 with the weapons in their hands 殳 are in the palace), bottom: body part 月/肉
Mnemonic
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The 'palace' among the body parts is the: buttocks.
Radicals
尸
buttocks in side view This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.
共
together; common
殳
weapon battle axe in a hand 又
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”.
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Vocabulary
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臀鳍
tún qí
anal fin
蜥臀目
xī tún mù
Saurischia or lizard-hipped dinosaurs, order within super-order Dinosauria
臀部
tún bù
butt; buttocks
臀部
tún bù