Memory phrase for the character: 蔽

蔽

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Meaning

to cover, to shield, to conceal, to screen

Pronunciation

 bì

Explanation

 Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)

Mnemonic
 
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
敝 shabby, poor(modest) I, myself
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
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 Vocabulary

隐蔽 yǐn bì  to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover
蒙蔽 méng bì  deceive; hoodwink
遮蔽 zhē bì  to cover; to hide from view; to obstruct or block; defilade (military)
遮蔽 zhē bì  

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