傻

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foolish

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A man 亻 being hit 夂 on the head 囟

Components 亻囟八夂

thick-headed · Heisig RSH #2974

人 person + Farmer’s Almanac + animal legs + walking legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
傻大个儿	shǎ dà gè r	stupid great hulk of a man
傻瓜相机	shǎ guā xiàng jī	point-and-shoot camera; compact camera
傻瓜干面	shǎ guā gān miàn	boiled noodles served without broth, topped with just a sprinkle of oil and some chopped s…
傻人有傻福	shǎ rén yǒu shǎ fú	fortune favors fools (idiom); fool's luck
傻大个	shǎ dà gè	idiot; blockhead; clod; oaf
傻子	shǎ zi	idiot; fool
傻气	shǎ qì	foolish; foolishness
傻爆眼	shǎ bào yǎn	(slang) stunned; flabbergasted (emphatic form of 傻眼[sha3 yan3])
傻瓜式	shǎ guā shì	foolproof
傻里傻气	shǎ li shǎ qì	foolish; stupid
傻眼	shǎ yǎn	(coll.) stunned; dumbfounded; flabbergasted
傻头傻脑	shǎ tóu shǎ nǎo	(idiom) stupid; muddle-headed
傻帽儿	shǎ mào r	erhua variant of 傻帽[sha3 mao4]
傻话	shǎ huà	foolish talk; nonsense
装傻	zhuāng shǎ	to act stupid; to pretend to be naive
傻白甜	shǎ bái tián	(Internet slang) sweet, naive young woman
傻蛋	shǎ dàn	stupid young fellow; idiot
傻笑	shǎ xiào	to giggle; to laugh foolishly; to smirk; to simper
卖傻	mài shǎ	to play stupid; to act like an idiot
装疯卖傻	zhuāng fēng mài shǎ	(idiom) to play the fool; to feign madness; to act dumb