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= yu + Ø3
feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale
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How to pronounce 羽

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.

= yu initial

Yu is for Yu the Great who tamed the floods.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago
+ Ø3 final

In the space station’s living room.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

羽 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
= xi + Ø2
(bound form) to practice / to study / habit / custom
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Characters with 羽 as component

= xu + Ø3
to brag / popular / lovely
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zhù = zhu + Ø4
to soar
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soar
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Words with 羽

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lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
pre-Tang names of the five notes of the pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, mi, sol, la

Sentences with 羽

羽 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale

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