猜

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to guess

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

犭 meaning “dog” + 青 sound ( qīng )

Components 犭青

guess · Heisig RSH #2567

pack of wild dogs + telescope

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
两小无猜	liǎng xiǎo wú cāi	innocent playmates
哥德巴赫猜想	Gē dé bā hè cāi xiǎng	the Goldbach conjecture in number theory
猜不透	cāi bu tòu	to be unable to guess or make out
猜得透	cāi de tòu	to have sufficient insight to perceive; to suspect that ...
猜中	cāi zhòng	to guess correctly; to figure out the right answer
无猜	wú cāi	unsuspecting; innocent and without apprehension
猜度	cāi duó	to surmise; to conjecture
猜着	cāi zháo	to guess correctly
猜想	cāi xiǎng	to guess; to conjecture; to suppose; (math.) conjecture; hypothesis
猜测	cāi cè	to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
猜谜儿	cāi mí r	to answer a riddle; to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
猜拳	cāi quán	finger-guessing game; rock-paper-scissors game; morra
猜疑	cāi yí	to suspect; to have misgivings; suspicious; misgivings
盲猜	máng cāi	to hazard a guess
竞猜	jìng cāi	to try to predict the outcome of an event (for betting on sports results or for fun etc)
猜忌	cāi jì	to be suspicious and jealous of
嫌猜	xián cāi	suspicion
瞎猜	xiā cāi	to make a wild guess; blind guess
猜谜	cāi mí	to answer a riddle; to guess (i.e. form an opinion without much evidence)
猜枚	cāi méi	drinking game where one has to guess the number of small objects in the other player's clo…

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

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
青 sound part	qīng	nature's color; blue, green, black; young
情	qíng	emotion, feeling, sentiment
清	qīng	clean, pure; clear, distinct; peaceful
精	jīng	essence, germ, spirit
请	qǐng	to ask, to request; to invite; please
氰	qíng	cyanogen; ethane dinitrile
睛	jīng	eyeball; pupil
晴	qíng	clear weather, fine weather
蜻	qīng	dragonfly
靓	liàng	ornament; pretty; to apply make-up
菁	jīng	turnip; a flower of the leek family
腈	jīng	acrylic
箐	qìng	to draw a bamboo bow
鲭	qīng	mackerel
鼱	jīng	shrew
圊	qīng	restroom