Memory phrase for the character: 嘲

嘲

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Meaning

ridicule, scoff, sneer

Pronunciation

CHŪ
azakeru

Explanation

 Left: mouth 口, right: morning 朝 (= sunrise [= sun 日 rises between plants 艹] and the moon 月 is still there.)

Mnemonic
 
This mouth early in the morning cannot but ridicule sneer.

Radicals

口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
朝 morningThe left part already stands for sunrise and is a variant of the sunrise 旦, where the sun is above the horizon. When the moon 月 is still there, it is the morning. The sunset is: 莫.
sun risePlease be aware that this very similar radical 莫 stands for the sunset. This appears strange, but seems to be fact-based due to: sunset 暮 and morning 朝.
月 monthThe radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However the radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon".




 Vocabulary

嘲笑 ちょうしょう  ridicule, scornful laughter

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