Memory phrase for the Kanji: 董


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Meaning to supervise, to direct, director

Pronunciation

dǒng

Explanation

Top: plant , below: double, heavy (vehicle 車/ with double wheels )

Mnemonic


 
(Breeding success is labor-intensive:) To make plants heavy, they must be supervised.

Radicals

grass, plant
heavy, to double
vehicleSimplified from 車. Shows a hand-cart from top: axle , loading area , two wheels . This sign is similar to the simplified east 东 =.
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 Vocabulary

 董仲舒  Dǒng Zhòng shū  Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
 董卓  Dǒng Zhuó  Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189
 古董  gǔ dǒng  curio; antique
 古董  gǔ dǒng  


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