Memory phrase for the character: 誓

誓

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Meaning

oath, vow, to swear, to pledge

Pronunciation

 shì

Explanation

 Top: to break 折 (A hand 扌 with an axe 斤 can make things break.), bottom: word 言

Mnemonic
 
(The ritual of an ancient warrior tribe?) Put your hand on the axe and speak the words: This is my oath.

Radicals

折 fracture, to break
言 speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word. As radical typically simplified as: 讠.
讠 wordTraditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
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 Vocabulary

宣誓 xuān shì  to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow
誓言 shì yán  oath; promise; pledge
发誓 fā shì  to vow; to pledge; to swear
发誓 fā shì  

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