Memory phrase for the character: 痴


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Meaning

foolish, stupid, silly

Pronunciation

CHI

Explanation

Outside: illness 疒 (An ice-冫-cold building 广 makes sick.), inside: know 知 (The arrow 矢 hits the target 口, if it knows it.)

Mnemonic


 
The disease in respect to 'knowledge' is to be stupid.

Radicals

illness, diseaseA combination of ice 冫and building 广.
arrowAn arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.
mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

愚痴 ぐち  idle complaint, grumble

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