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= qi + Ø4
device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2]
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How to pronounce 器

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.

= qi initial

Qi is for the Queen of Hearts.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

器 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
Character component without intrinsic meaning
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quǎn = qu + an3
dog / Kangxi radical 94
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= + Ø3
pitchpipe, pitch standard, one of the twelve semitones in the traditional tone system
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dài = d + ai4
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
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= d + a4
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Characters with 器 as component

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

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weapon / arms / CL:種|种[zhong3]
machine / CL:臺|台[tai2],部[bu4],個|个[ge4]

Sentences with 器

ǎn
lǎo
sūn
méi
yǒu
jiàn
chèn
shǒu
de
bīng

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device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2]

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