Memory phrase for the character: 静

静

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Meaning

calm, quiet, not moving

Pronunciation

 jìng

Explanation

 Left: blue, young 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 blue and young.), right: dispute/fight 争 (The bent person ⺈ with a stick 亅 in the hand is looking for dispute)

Mnemonic
 
A "young" dispute is still calm and quiet.

Radicals

青 blue, young
争 dispute, fight
丰 growing plantShows a growing plant 丨 with three 三 branches. When a leaf ノ is added, it becomes life 生.
尹 hand with stickShows a hand with a stick ノ and is often used for “ruling”. For “beating 攴”, this stick 卜 in this hand 又 is used and simplified to 攵.




 Vocabulary

静止 jìng zhǐ  still; immobile; stillness
风恬浪静 fēng tián làng jìng  lit. breeze is still, waves are quiet (idiom); tranquil environment; All is quiet.; a dead calm (at sea)
恬静 tián jìng  still; peaceful; quiet
娴静 xián jìng  gentle and refined
静若寒蝉 jìng ruò hán chán  as quiet as a cicada in winter (idiom)
僻静 pì jìng  lonely; secluded
淑静 shū jìng  gentle; tender
寂静 jì jìng  quiet
幽静 yōu jìng  quiet; secluded; isolated; peaceful
静恬 jìng tián  quiet; peaceful (of a mind)
静恬 jìng tián  

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