Memory phrase for the character: 鳞

鳞

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Meaning

scales (of fish)

Pronunciation

lín

Explanation

 Left: fish 鱼/魚 (... with mouth ⺈, body 田 and tail fin 灬), right: 粦 (rice 米, oppose 舛 [= two twisted feet, like at: to dance 舞])

Mnemonic
 
At the fish is sth. 'rice-shaped' up until the feet 舛 (= fins/flipper) which are the scales.

Radicals

魚 fish
米 riceThis radical 米 means the rice grain. The rice plant has this radical: 禾
舛 opposeShows two feet in opposing position 夕/止, as in 'dancing 舞'. Its upper half shows many people.




 Vocabulary

鳞片 lín piàn  scale; fish scales
鱼鳞 yú lín  fish scales
鳞茎 lín jīng  bulb
鳞茎 lín jīng  

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