Memory phrase for the character: 鼠
鼠
Meaning
mouse, rat Pronunciation shǔ Explanation Top: mortar 臼, below: image of a mouse with legs レ and tail し
Mnemonic
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(Because of grain residues) It is at the mortar & looks like a mouse: The mouse! Radicals
臼
mortar Like two hands E, 彐 that are pushing from both sides.
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老鼠 lǎo shǔ
rat; mouse
坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠
Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ
Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
鼠海豚 shǔ hǎi tún
porpoise
鼠型斑疹伤寒
shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán
murine typhus
鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒
shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hán
murine typhus fever
穷鼠啮狸
qióng shǔ niè lí
a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
鼠窜 shǔ cuàn
to run away scared; to scurry off like a frightened rat
豚鼠 tún shǔ
guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
小白鼠 xiǎo bái shǔ
little white mouse (esp. laboratory animal); fig. guinea pig, i.e. human participant in experiment
鼠蹊 shǔ xī
groin
鼠蹊 shǔ xī
