Memory phrase for the character: 鼓

鼓

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Meaning

drum, to rouse, to beat, convex

Pronunciation

 gǔ

Explanation

 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)

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

Radicals

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

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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