Memory phrase for the character: 鸣
鸣
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Meaning
twitter, to cry (of birds), resonance
Pronunciation
míng
Explanation
Left: mouth 口 , right: bird 鸟/鳥 (pictogram of a bird with claws 灬 )
Mnemonic
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The mouth of the bird is twittering.
Radicals
口
mouth, opening This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗 , it is an enclosure.
鳥
bird Also this 隹 is seen as a bird.
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Vocabulary
共鸣
gòng míng
resonance (physics); sympathetic response to sth
4719
百家争鸣
bǎi jiā zhēng míng
a hundred schools of thought contend (idiom); refers to the classical philosophic schools of the Warring States period 475-221 BC
4720
雷鸣
léi míng
thunder; very loud sounds
4721
鸣禽
míng qín
songbird
6603
哮鸣
xiào míng
wheezing
7434
擂鼓鸣金
léi gǔ míng jīn
to beat the drum and sound the gong (idiom); fig. to order an advance or retreat; to egg people on or to call them back
9277
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
lit. earthern pots make more noise than classical bells; good men are discarded in favor of bombastic ones (idiom)
9498
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣
huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng
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