Memory phrase for the Kanji: 矫


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Meaning to correct, to rectify, to redress, brave, to feign

Pronunciation

jiǎo

Explanation

Left: arrow (= An arrow in the sky ), right: tall (young death , but here: sky [Sky--long legs 丿| make tall])

Mnemonic


 
(just bend it straight) An arrow that is big can be corrected.

Radicals

arrowAn arrow flies in the sky .
tall
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 Vocabulary

 矫揉造作  jiǎo róu zào zuò  pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs
 矫正  jiǎo zhèng  to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectification; correction; to straighten
 矫健  jiǎo jiàn  strong and healthy; vigorous
 矫诏  jiǎo zhào  the pretense of acting on imperial order
 矫枉过直  jiǎo wǎng guò zhí  to over-correct a defect (idiom); to over-compensate; to push sth too far the other way; fig. inverse discrimination
 矫枉过直  jiǎo wǎng guò zhí  


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