Memory phrase for the character: 绳

绳

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Meaning

rope

Pronunciation

shéng

Explanation

Left: thread 纟/糸, right: toad 黾 (= The animal 口 in the field 田 with the long tongue 乚. HERE: At the rope-maker the rope 乚 is clamped in two holding jaws 口,臼 for being twisted.)

Mnemonic

Threads are clamped twice (and then twisted) to make a rope 乚.

Radicals

糸	thread	It has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.
电	electricity	Field 田 with lightning rod 乚.
乚	lighting rod	The use of this component is not consistent. From the character for electricity 电 comes the meaning "lightning rod". Also other explanations are used such as "hook" or "kneeling person".

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Vocabulary

钢丝绳	gāng sī shéng	hawser; steel rope
绳子	shéng zi	cord; string; rope
缰绳	jiāng shéng	reins
缰绳	jiāng shéng

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