= bu + Ø3
used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]
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How to pronounce 卟

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= bu initial

Bu is for Bruno Bear.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

卟 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
kǒu = k + ou3
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
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= bu + Ø3
(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
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see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]
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Characters with 卟 as component

卟 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 卟

porphin C20H14N4 (loanword)
porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword)

Sentences with 卟

卟 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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used in the transliteration of the names of organic compounds porphyrin 卟啉[bu3 lin2] and porphin 卟吩[bu3 fen1]

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