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= p + o4
soul / mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body
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How to pronounce 魄

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.

= p initial

P is for Pinocchio.

By Matthias • updated 4 months ago
+ o4 final

In the observatory’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

魄 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
bái = b + ai2
white / snowy / pure / bright / empty / blank / plain / clear / to make clear / in vain / gratuitous / free of charge / reactionary / anti-communist / funeral / to stare coldly / to write wrong character / to state / to explain / vernacular / spoken lines in opera
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guǐ = gu + ei3
ghost / demon / terrible / damnable / clever / sly / crafty / (suffix for sb with a certain vice or addiction etc) / one of the 28 constellations
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Characters with 魄 as component

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

scared out of one's wits (idiom); in a panic
dazed / beside oneself (idiom)
courage / bravery

Sentences with 魄

魄 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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soul / mortal soul, i.e. attached to the body

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