Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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/cascets 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 mouth(A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.)
十 ten(Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.)
哀 to grieve
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