Memory phrase for the Kanji: 凋
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凋 |
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Meaning
| withered
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Pronunciation |
diāo |
Explanation |
Left: ice 冫, right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference) |
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Ice has a circumference, that is: withered.
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Radicals
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冫
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ice | This radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice. |
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周
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circumference | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 凋敝 |
diāo bì |
impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged |
| 民生凋敝 |
mín shēng diāo bì |
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment |
| 凋零 |
diāo líng |
withered; wilted; to wither; to fade; to decay |
| 凋零 |
diāo líng |
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