Memory phrase for the Kanji: 急


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Meaning urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried

Pronunciation

Explanation

From top: inflected person , hand /, heart

Mnemonic


 
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted)

Radicals

urgent, pressing
heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
handTraditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.
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 Vocabulary

 紧急  jǐn jí  urgent; emergency
 急剧  jí jù  rapid; sudden
 急忙  jí máng  hastily
 急躁  jí zào  irritable; irascible; impetuous
 湍急  tuān jí  rapid (flow of water)
 急遽  jí jù  rapid; sudden
 急遽  jí jù  

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