Memory phrase for the character: 讥

讥

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Meaning ridicule, to mock

Pronunciation

jī

Explanation

Left: 讠/言, right: flat table 几 (but here: sail, cf. wind 风)

Mnemonic
 
Words like against a sail: Do you want to ridicule me?

Radicals

讠 wordtraditionally 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth
几 small tableA similar radical is ordinary: 凡, which shows this table with a scratch. Sometimes this radical is seen as a sail. It is at the right side of composed characters. Also this radical is understood as a table.
風 windAn an insect 虫 in a sail 冂: ... by the wind. It is typically simplified to 风.
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 Vocabulary

讥讽 jī fěng  to satirize; to ridicule; to mock
讥笑 jī xiào  to sneer
讥诮 jī qiào  cynical
讥诮 jī qiào  

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