Memory phrase for the character: 蝎

蝎

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Meaning

scorpion

Pronunciation

xiē

Explanation

 Left: insect 虫, right: interrogation 曷 (=The mouth with tongue 曰 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)

Mnemonic
 
(For torture:) An insect for the interrogation is the scorpion.

Radicals

虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect. Also this radical 昆 is understood as insect.
禺 ScorpionThe scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.
曷 interrogationalso as an interrogative particle: why, how, when




 Vocabulary

蝎虎座 xiē hǔ zuò  Lacerta (constellation)
蝎子 xiē zi  scorpion
天蝎座 Tiān xiē zuò  Scorpio or Scorpius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
天蝎座 Tiān xiē zuò  

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