逗

dòu = d + ou4

to stay / to stop / to tease (play with) / amusing / short pause in reading aloud, equivalent to comma (also written 讀|读[dou4])

Add a new mnemonic for 逗 = 豆 + 辶

逗 = 豆 + 辶 : Don Quixote (d) is teasing (逗) everyone in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4) by sneakily inserting beans (豆) into their gladiator sandals (辶) when they're not looking.

dòu = d + ou4

to tease (playfully); to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny; amusing / to stay; to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀|读[dou4])

Add a new mnemonic for 逗 = 豆 + 辶

逗 character breakdown

逗
- 豆
  - 䒑
    - 一
    - 丷
  - 𠮛
    - 一
    - 口
- 辶

dòu = d + ou4

variant of 豆[dou4]

Add a new mnemonic for 豆 = 䒑 + 𠮛

Add a new mnemonic for 荳 = 艹 + 豆

dòu = d + ou4

bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel

Add a new mnemonic for 豆 = 䒑 + 𠮛

豆 = 䒑 + 𠮛 : Don Quixote (d) is posting a scroll (𠮛) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He's advertising beans (豆) out of which weed (䒑) will grow.

chuò = chu + o4

to walk (side part of split character)

Add a new mnemonic for 辶 =

Chantal Chicken tries out her new gladiator sandals in the observatory's bathroom.

Characters with 逗 as component

逗 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 逗

to provoke / to entice / to lure / to tantalize / to tease / to titillate

amusing / funny / entertaining

provocative / tantalizing / titillating

to short-circuit / (fig.) to have a mental lapse / to get one's wires crossed / to be addled

cute

to make people laugh

to joke / to crack a joke

punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases

to tantalize / to lead on / to tease

to provoke / to tease

Sentences with 逗

逗 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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