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/肉 is lazy])

Mnemonic

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

Radicals

骨	bone
惰	laziness
辶	movement	In some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
左	left
肉	body part	This radical is on the left in compound words and is simplified as "月", which then looks like “moon, month 月”, but still has the meaning “body part”.

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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