Memory phrase for the character: 醜

醜

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Meaning

ugly, dishonorable, shameful, bad looking

Pronunciation

SHŪ
minikui

Explanation

 Left: wine mug 酉, right: devil 鬼 (= death mask [mark ノ, field 田] with legs 儿 and nose ム)

Mnemonic
 
(Consequence of alcohol abuse:) In the wine jug is a devil, and he's ugly!

Radicals

酉 alcoholWine jug, possibly also to be understood as a simplification of the sake barrel 畐.
鬼 devildevil 鬼 (from top: death mask [mark ノ, field 田], legs 儿, nose ム).




 Vocabulary

醜い みにくい  ugly; unattractive; bad-looking
醜聞 しゅうぶん  scandal
醜悪 しゅうあく  ugly; unsightly,hideous; mean

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