Memory phrase for the character: 鞠

鞠

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Meaning to rear, to bring up, to raise

Pronunciation

jū

Explanation

Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals have a skin 口 of leather.), right: 匊 (enwrap 勹, rice 米)

Mnemonic
 
The horned animal needs protection (= wrapping) and food (=rice) during rearing.

Radicals

革 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 this radical 皮 stands for leather.
勹 wrap
米 rice
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 Vocabulary

鞠躬 jū gōng  to bow
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ  to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
鞠躬尽瘁 jū gōng jìn cuì  to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
鞠躬尽瘁 jū gōng jìn cuì  

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