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yín = y + (e)n2
limit / border / river bank
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How to pronounce 垠

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.

= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ (e)n2 final

In the encampment’s kitchen.

By Matthias • updated 5 months ago

垠 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
= tu + Ø3
Tu (ethnic group) / surname Tu
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= tu + Ø3
earth / dust / clay / local / indigenous / crude opium / unsophisticated / one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 八音[ba1 yin1]
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gěn = g + (e)n3
blunt / tough / chewy
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gèn = g + (e)n4
one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦[ba1 gua4], symbolizing mountain / ☶ / ancient Chinese compass point: 45° (northeast)
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Characters with 垠 as component

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

boundless / vast
to stretch as far as the eye can see (idiom)
Yao Xueyin (1910-1999), PRC novelist, author of historical novel Li Zicheng 李自成

Sentences with 垠

垠 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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yín

limit / border / river bank

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