Memory phrase for the character: 鼓

鼓

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Left: 壴 (twig 十 over bean 豆 [here: image of a drum 豆 on a stand]), right: twig, support 支 (With a twig 十 in the hand 又, I am supporting)

With a twig over the drums and another in the hand, he beats the drums.

壴	drum
豆	bean	shows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.
支	branch	The bottom shows one of the variants of “hand 又”, which holds a branch or twig 十.

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鼓励	gǔ lì	to encourage
鼓舞	gǔ wǔ	heartening (news); boost (morale)
鼓吹	gǔ chuī	to agitate for; to enthusiastically promote
鼓吹	gǔ chuī
鼓吹	gǔ chuī
鼓噪	gǔ zào	din
朦在鼓里	méng zài gǔ lǐ	lit. kept hoodwinked inside a drum (idiom); completely in the dark
锣鼓	luó gǔ	gongs and drums; Chinese percussion instruments
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
擂鼓鸣金	léi gǔ míng jīn

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