= y + e1
to tuck (into a pocket) / to hide / to conceal
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= y + e4
to support by the arm / to help / to promote / at the side / also pr. [yi4]
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How to pronounce 掖

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
+ e1 final

In front of the elevator.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
= y initial

Y is for Maud Younger.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago
+ e4 final

In the elevator’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago

掖 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
shǒu = sh + ou3
"hand" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 64), occurring in 提, 把, 打 etc
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= y + e4
variant of 夜[ye4]
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= y + e4
night
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Characters with 掖 as component

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

palace apartments
Zhangye, prefecture-level city in Gansu
Zhangye prefecture, Gansu (old term) / Zhangye, prefecture-level city 張掖市|张掖市[Zhang1 ye4 shi4] (district in Gansu)

Sentences with 掖

掖 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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