Memory phrase for the character: 喪

喪

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Meaning

mourn, loss, miss, death

Pronunciation

SŌ
mo

Explanation

 From top: ten 十, two mouths 口, simple var. of clothes 衣

Mnemonic
 
A cross 十, two coffins/caskets 口 and simple clothes are signs of mourning. (Or: It is also sorrow 哀 with two holes ロロ in the clothes 衣.)

Radicals

口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
哀 to grieveClothes 衣 with a hole causes sorrow 口.




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