Memory phrase for the character: 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

The 'palace' among the body parts is the: buttocks.

Radicals

尸	buttocks in side view	This radical has actually the meaning: corpse 尸. But due to its use in tail 尾, urine 尿, or flatulence 屁, it is considered to generally 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”.

Vocabulary

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

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