Memory phrase for the Kanji: 修

修

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Meaning

to remodel, repair, study, decorate, cultivate

Pronunciation

 xiū

Explanation

 From left: person 亻, stick 丨, to beat 攵 (hand 又 with stick ノ), hair 彡

Mnemonic
A person puts by hand two sticks in his hair to remodel (decorate) it.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several varation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.
彡 hair or bristle
攸 distant, adverbial prefix
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Vocabulary

 修理  xiū lǐ  to repair; to perform maintenance; to overhaul; to fix; to prune; to trim
 纂修  zuǎn xiū  to compile; to edit; compilation
 修剪  xiū jiǎn  to prune; to trim
 修正  xiū zhèng  to revise; to amend
 检修  jiǎn xiū  to overhaul; to examine and fix (a motor); to service (a vehicle)
 修整  xiū zhěng  to repair or maintain; to prune or trim
 修改  xiū gǎi  to amend; to alter; to modify
 修建  xiū jiàn  to build; to construct
 修正主义  xiū zhèng zhǔ yì  revisionism
 修缮  xiū shàn  to renovate; to repair (a building)
 修缮  xiū shàn  

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