Memory phrase for the character: 谣
谣
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Meaning
rumor, popular ballad, legend
Pronunciation
yáo
Explanation
Left: word 讠 /言 , right: hand reaching down 爫 , can 缶 (= lid and can opener 十 of that can 凵 )
Mnemonic
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Words you pick out of a can are: rumors or ballads.
Radicals
讠
word traditionally 言 , which shows sound waves out of a mouth
爫
reaching downwards Shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.
缶
can, jar In Chinese this character 缶 is hardly used. Thus its meaning "can, jar" is taken from Japanese: 缶 (=かん), which means: "the can".
午
noon 11 a.m.-1 p.m., 7th earthly branch
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Vocabulary
谣言
yáo yán
rumor
6697
造谣
zào yáo
to start a rumor
6698
歌谣
gē yáo
folksong; ballad; nursery rhyme
6699
歌谣
gē yáo
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