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squid

Composition


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Pinyin

you2 • yóu

Meaning


Primary

squid

Mnemonic


[y-] Yoshi is [2] inside the [-(o)u] bakery where he is preparing some 鱼 fish for making 鱼 fish pies. He 丶 drops one on the floor because he thought it was a 尢 mutant. It turns out it was just a 鱿 squid that somehow got in the batch of 鱼 fish he bought. Yoshi, who loves 鱿 squid, eats it off the ground.

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