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 日 enwraps 勹 the person 人 in the corner at the interrogation.)

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

Radicals

虫 insectAlso this radical 昆 is understood as: insect.
禺 Scorpion
曷 interrogationalso as an interrogative particle: why, how, when
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 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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