Memory phrase for the Kanji: 撇

撇

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Meaning

to throw away, to discard, to fling aside

Pronunciation

 piē, piě

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: shabby, (humble) I 敝 (The cloth 巾 is hit/smashed 攵 into four pieces and then as shabby as I am.)

Mnemonic
In the hand is the shabby, which is thrown away.

Radicals

扌 hand
敝 shabby, poor(modest) I, myself
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Vocabulary

 撇开  piē kāi  to disregard; to leave aside
 撇嘴  piě zuǐ  to twitch one's mouth
 撇开不谈  piē kāi bù tán  to ignore an issue (idiom)
 撇开不谈  piē kāi bù tán  

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