cliff

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from a pictograph in oracle-bone and seal script depicting the shape of a cliff or steep mountain slope. The modern glyph ⼚ is an open curve representing the profile or cliff face.

Mnemonic: Remember the curved shape ⼚ as the rugged profile of a towering cliff.

• 厩jiù🔊

  stable

  11 strokes

• 厕cè🔊

  variant of 廁|厕[ce4]

  11 strokes

• 厢xiāng🔊

  box (in theater)

  11 strokes

• 厣yǎn🔊

  operculum (Latin: little lid)

  11 strokes

• 𠩺xī🔊

  to split open

  11 strokes

• 厨chú🔊

  old variant of 廚|厨[chu2]

  12 strokes

• 厥jué🔊

  to faint

  12 strokes

• 厦shà🔊

  (bound form) tall building; mansion

  12 strokes

• 厪jǐn🔊

  hut

  13 strokes

• 厌yàn🔊

  (bound form) to loathe; to be fed up with

  14 strokes

• 厮sī🔊

  variant of 廝|厮[si1]

  14 strokes

• 厰chǎng🔊

  variant of 廠|厂[chang3]

  14 strokes

• 厉lì🔊

  strict

  14 strokes

• 靥yè🔊

  dimple

  15 strokes