Memory phrase for the character: 慕


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Meaning

yearn for, adore, pine, love dearly

Pronunciation

BO
shitau

Explanation

Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), below: heart 心 [Watch out: Sunrise is: 旦 or ]

Mnemonic


 
Like a sinking heart: That's yearning.

Radicals

to go down, to setThe plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 (= as long shadows) at sunset. - Please be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunrise.
heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.




 Vocabulary

慕う したう  to yearn for, to miss, to adore, to love dearly

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