Memory phrase for the Kanji: 撕

撕

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Meaning

to tear, to rip apart, to shred

Pronunciation

 sī

Explanation

 Outsides: to break 折 (A hand 扌 with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss), inside: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing)

Mnemonic
When the hand uses a grain shovel as an axe, it can tear or rip apart.

Radicals

折 fracture, to break
其 grain shovel/scoopWith a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shead the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
斯 this
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Vocabulary

 撕裂  sī liè  to rip apart; to tear; laceration; rent
 撕毁  sī huǐ  to tear up; to rip up; too shred
 撕破  sī pò  to tear
 撕破  sī pò  

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