Memory phrase for the character: 弄


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Meaning

to tamper with, play with, fumble, juggle

Pronunciation


moteasobu

Explanation

Top: king 王 (here: four sticks: 三 ,丨), bottom: two hands 廾 (= twice this hand 屮 with the fingers 山 towards the top; simplified & merged)

Mnemonic


 
With four sticks in the hands he is juggling or playing around.

Radicals

kingThe three 三 spheres (heaven, earth and mankind) unite in the person of the king.
two handsEven though the radical actually was developed from feet, it is here understood as two hands 屮 (with the fingers 山 upwards, simplified and merged)




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