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厥

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to faint; to lose consciousness; his; her; its; their

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Strokes
12
Radical
厂 +10
Structure
Upper-left enclosure 左上包
Traditional
厥
Common rank
#3,150
Unicode
U+53A5

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Formation & memory

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How 厥 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

Components 厂 欮

Words with 厥

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WordPinyinMeaning
东突厥斯坦伊斯兰运动 Dōng Tū jué sī tǎn Yī sī lán Yùn dòng East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM)
东突厥斯坦解放组织 Dōng Tū jué sī tǎn Jiě fàng Zǔ zhī East Turkestan Liberation Organization (ETLO), Xinjiang dissident group
大放厥词 dà fàng jué cí to prattle on self-importantly (idiom)
东突厥斯坦 Dōng tū jué sī tǎn East Turkestan; historical term for Xinjiang
突厥斯坦 Tū jué sī tǎn Turkestan
厥功至伟 jué gōng zhì wěi (idiom) to have made significant contributions to a project or cause
惊厥 jīng jué to faint from fear; (medicine) convulsions
突厥 Tū jué Turkic people, who lived across the Eurasian continent; (esp.) the Göktürks of medieval In…
昏厥 hūn jué to faint
晕厥 yūn jué to faint

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 欮 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
欮 sound part — to hiccup; to dig out, to expand
阙 què palace; watchtower