Memory phrase for the character: 尖

尖

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Meaning

pointed (needle), sharp, shrewd

Pronunciation

 jiān

Explanation

 Top: small 小 (A person 亅 with the arms 八 close to the body is small), bottom: big 大

Mnemonic
 
If the 'small' is a part of the 'big', it is its pointed end.

Radicals

小 smallA person with tight arms appears small.
大 big, huge
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 Vocabulary

尖锐 jiān ruì  sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness)
尖锐 jiān ruì  

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