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= ku + Ø4
warehouse / storehouse / (file) library
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How to pronounce 库

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.

= ku initial

K is for Karl Koala.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

库 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
广
yǎn = y + an3
"house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etc
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wide / numerous / to spread
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chē = ch + e1
car / vehicle / CL:輛|辆[liang4] / machine / to shape with a lathe / Kangxi radical 159
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= ju + Ø1
war chariot (archaic) / rook (in Chinese chess) / rook (in chess)
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Characters with 库 as component

= ku + Ø4
underpants / trousers / pants
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= ku + Ø4
variant of 褲|裤[ku4]
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Words with 库

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depot / storehouse / warehouse

Sentences with 库

库 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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warehouse / storehouse / (file) library

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