Memory phrase for the Kanji: 奄
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Meaning
| suddenly, abruptly, hastily, to cover
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Pronunciation |
yǎn |
Explanation |
Top: big 大, bottom: electricity 电 (A field 田 with a lightning rod 乚) |
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(At a lightning strike:) The big electricity comes suddenly.
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Radicals
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奄
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suddenly | The lower part 电 means 'electricity' and was simplified from 電, wherein during rain the lightning rod 乚 in the field has electricity. The big 大 electricity 电 refers to a lightning flash that comes suddenly. |
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大
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big, huge | |
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电
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electricity | Field 田 with lightning rod 乚. |
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乚
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lighting rod | The use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person". |
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
| 奄奄一息 |
yān yān yī xī |
dying; at one's last gasp |
| 奄奄一息 |
yān yān yī xī |
dying; at one's last gasp |
| 奄列 |
yǎn liè |
omelet |
| 奄列 |
yǎn liè |
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