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

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.

Vocabulary

共鸣	gòng míng	resonance (physics); sympathetic response to sth
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
雷鸣	léi míng	thunder; very loud sounds
鸣禽	míng qín	songbird
哮鸣	xiào míng	wheezing
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
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)
黄钟毁弃瓦釜雷鸣	huáng zhōng huǐ qì wǎ fǔ léi míng

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