Memory phrase for the character: 髓

髓

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Meaning

marrow (spinal or plant's stem), essence, pith

Pronunciation

 suǐ

Explanation

 Left: skeleton 骨, right: 遀 (movement 辶, part of lazy 惰 [I feel 忄, that the left 左 [half] of my body 月 is lazy])

Mnemonic
 
The skeleton has during movement sth. lazy: The marrow.

Radicals

骨 bone
惰 laziness
辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
左 left
月 moon, monthWhen it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".
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 Vocabulary

脊髓 jǐ suǐ  spinal chord
骨髓 gǔ suǐ  bone marrow (medulla ossea)
精髓 jīng suǐ  marrow; pith; quintessence; essence
髓鞘 suǐ qiào  myelin sheath (membrane surrounding axon of nerve cell)
髓过氧化物酶 suǐ guò yǎng huà wù méi  Myeloperoxidase (MPO), chemical in neutrophil granulocytes, used to kill pathogens
髓过氧化物酶 suǐ guò yǎng huà wù méi  

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