kòu = k + ou4
old variant of 寇[kou4]
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kòu = k + ou4
old variant of 寇[kou4]
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kòu = k + ou4
to invade / to plunder / bandit / foe / enemy
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How to pronounce 寇

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.

= k initial

K is for Karl Marx.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ ou4 final

In the outhouse’s bathroom.

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寇 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
mián = mi + an2
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
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yuán = yu + an2
surname Yuan / the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
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yuán = yu + an2
currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / first / original / primary / fundamental / constituent / part / era (of a reign) / meta- (prefix) / (math.) argument / variable / (Tw) (geology) eon
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= pu + Ø1
to tap / to knock lightly / old variant of 撲|扑[pu1]
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Characters with 寇 as component

kòu = k + ou4
see 肉豆蔻 nutmeg, 豆蔻 cardamon
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kòu = k + ou4
healds of a loom
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Words with 寇

Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century)
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors
two-character surname Sikou

Sentences with 寇

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kòu

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