Memory phrase for the character: 鞘




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Meaning

scabbard, sheath

Pronunciation

qiào

Explanation

Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: alike/resemble 肖 (Small 小 bodies 月 are alike.)

Mnemonic


 
Made of leather and similar (to the sword:) The sword's scabbard.

Radicals

untanned leatherA horned 廿 animal seen from above with a backbone 丨 and broad hips 一 has a skin 囗 of leather around its torso. - Also these radicals 皮 and 韦 stand for leather.
alike, resembleThe small 小 bodies 月 are alike.
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 Vocabulary

鞘翅 qiào chì  elytrum (hardened forewing of Coleoptera beetle, encasing the flight wing)
髓鞘 suǐ qiào  myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
鞘脂 qiào zhī  sphingolipid
鞘脂 qiào zhī  


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