Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蛊
蛊
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Meaning
to drive to insanity, to bewitch, intestinal parasite
Pronunciation
gǔ
Explanation
Top: insect 虫, below: bowl/plate 皿
Mnemonic
Show English
The insects in my bowl drive me: to insanity. (When there were insects in my bowl/food, the worms drive me to insanity.)
Radicals
虫
insect The body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
皿
bowl
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Vocabulary
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蛊祝
gǔ zhù
to curse sb; to place a jinx
蛊惑
gǔ huò
to poison; to bewitch; to put a spell on sb; to harm by witchcraft
病民蛊国
bìng mín gǔ guó
to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
病民蛊国
bìng mín gǔ guó