Memory phrase for the character: 隅

隅

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Meaning corner

Pronunciation

yú

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (pictograph of a scorpion: combination of 田 for carapace, insect 虫, long legs 冂)

Mnemonic
 
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.

Radicals

阝 hill
禺 Scorpion
禸 trackEtymologically this is derived from a trace, but is seen in the Hanzi-Trainer as the lower part of the insect 禺.
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 Vocabulary

海隅 hǎi yú  coastal area
局促一隅 jú cù yī yú  to be cramped in a corner (idiom)
察隅县 Chá yú xiàn  Zayü county, Tibetan: Rdza yul rdzong
察隅县 Chá yú xiàn  

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