Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 修

修

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Meaning

 to remodel, repair, study, decorate, cultivate

Pronunciation

 xiū

Explanation

 From left: person 亻, stick 丨, to beat 攵 (hand 又 with stick ノ), hair 彡

Mnemonic

A person puts by hand two sticks in his hair to remodel (decorate) it.

Radicals

亻 person(This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart. - This radical has several varation, i.e. a lying person , a sitting 匕 person.)
彡 hair or bristle
攸 distant, adverbial prefix
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Vocabulary

修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to perform maintenance; to overhaul; to fix; to prune; to trim
纂修 zuǎn xiū to compile; to edit; compilation
修剪 xiū jiǎn to prune; to trim
修正 xiū zhèng to revise; to amend
检修 jiǎn xiū to overhaul; to examine and fix (a motor); to service (a vehicle)
修整 xiū zhěng to repair or maintain; to prune or trim
修改 xiū gǎi to amend; to alter; to modify
修建 xiū jiàn to build; to construct
修正主义 xiū zhèng zhǔ yì revisionism
修缮 xiū shàn to renovate; to repair (a building)

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