Memory phrase for the character: 都

都



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Meaning

all, entirely, each, even, already, capital city

Pronunciation

 dōu, dū

Explanation

 Left: person 者 (old man 耂 on the sun 日), right: village⻏

Mnemonic
 
The persons in the village stand for: the community, for all and the capital.

Radicals

者 person者
耂 old manWith this radical an old man seems to support himself with his stick ノ on the ground 土?
⻏ villageThis radical is always at the right side of the hanzi and means "village". Please note the difference to this radical 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the character.
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 Vocabulary

首都 shǒu dū  capital (city)
都江堰市 Dū jiāng yàn shì  Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu, Sichuan
都江堰市 Dū jiāng yàn shì  
兴都库仕 xīng dū kù shì  the Hindu Kush (mountain range)
非都会郡 fēi dū huì jùn  non-metropolitan county (England)
都尉 dū wèi  military rank
迁都 qiān dū  to move the capital (city)
迁都 qiān dū  
都督 dū dū  (army) commander-in-chief (archaic); provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
都铎王朝 Dū duó wáng cháo  Tudor dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
都铎王朝 Dū duó wáng cháo  

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