Memory phrase for the character: 曹

曹

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Meaning

official, government service, companion, fellow

Pronunciation

SŌ, ZŌ

Explanation

 From top: one 一 (here: ground), bend 曲 (here: two sprouting plants || in a field 田), sun 日

Mnemonic
 
Such that the ground is broken up by 2 sprouts, the sun is needed: and a caring companion who serves like the 'government'.

Radicals

一 oneSimply one stroke for "one".
曲 to bendThe two shoots || protruding high in the rice field 田 bend in the wind.
艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
曹 comrade




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