Memory phrase for the character: 擅

擅



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Meaning

without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at

Pronunciation

 shàn

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦)

Mnemonic
 
(The rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window shall be closed during the night:) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
亶 ???
亠 lid
回 revolve, return
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 is just above the horizon 一 at sunrise.
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 Vocabulary

擅自 shàn zì  without permission; of one's own initiative
擅长 shàn cháng  to be good at; to be expert in
擅离职守 shàn lí zhí shǒu  AWOL (Absent Without Leave, military term)
擅离职守 shàn lí zhí shǒu  

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