= du + Ø1
defensive platform over gate / barbican
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shé = sh + e2
(used in transliteration from Sanskrit)
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How to pronounce 闍

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.

= du initial

Du is for Doggy Dog.

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+ Ø1 final

In front of the space station.

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= sh initial

Sh is for Sherlock Holmes.

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+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

闍 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
mén = m + (e)n2
gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate)
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zhě = zh + e3
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this
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Characters with 闍 as component

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

blind monk / refers to famous blind historian 左丘明[Zuo3 Qiu1 ming2]
Buddhist monk (Sanskrit: jala)
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration) / also written 闍梨|阇梨[she2 li2]

Sentences with 闍

闍 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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