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Making Chinese characters memorable

腥

ㄒㄧㄥ

xīng

fishy
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Break characters down into their components to see semantic and phonetic hints

  • 腥
    ㄒㄧㄥ

    xīng

    fishy

    • ⺼

      meat

    • 星
      ㄒㄧㄥ

      xīng

      star

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the FLESH of the STARfish had a fishy SMELL
by trevor

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