drum radical in Chinese

You might remember the drum radical with this easy mnemonic:

This radical means a drum. Back in the day, poor scholars (士) with no money to purchase drums would use beans (豆) on a piece of cloth to make the same drumming noise over and over again (又).

Using mnemonics to remember Chinese radicals like drum has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 鼓

• 鼓掌
• 鼓励

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