Memory phrase for the character: 阎

阎

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Meaning

gate to a lane / community

Pronunciation

yán

Explanation

 Outside: gate 门/ 門, inside: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ into a pit trap 臼, but here: 臼 as a lane with houses on both sides E 彐)

Mnemonic
 
Through this gate the person comes to the residential street: The entrance gate.

Radicals

門 gateTypically simplified to: 门
臽 pitfallA person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.
臼 mortarLike two hands E, 彐 that are pushing from both sides.




 Vocabulary

阎锡山 Yán Xī shān  Yan Xishan (1883-1960), warlord in Shanxi
阎锡山 Yán Xī shān  
阎魔 Yán mó  variant of 阎罗; Yama, King of Hell; translation of Sanskrit: Yama Raja
阎魔 Yán mó  

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