Memory phrase for the character: 链

链

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Meaning chain

Pronunciation

liàn

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/金, right: link, combine 连 (Vehicles 车/車 and 'movement' 辶 are linked)

Mnemonic
 
These [parts of] metal are linked as a chain.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
连 connect
车 vehicleSimplified from 車. Shows a hand-cart from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. This sign 车 is similar to the simplified east 东 =東.
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 Vocabulary

链条 liàn tiáo  chain
铰链 jiǎo liàn  hinge
链球 liàn qiú  throwing the hammer (athletics event)
颈链 jǐng liàn  neck chain.
钥匙链 yào shi liàn  keychain
锚链孔 máo liàn kǒng  hawsehole (small hole for anchor cable or hawser in the side of ship)
锚链 máo liàn  anchor chain
锚链 máo liàn  

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