Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 刹

刹

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Meaning

 Buddhist monastery 剎多羅, to brake, stop

Pronunciation

 chà, shā

Explanation

 Left: to kill 杀 (marker 㐅 in the tree 木, where he was killed), right: knife 刂

Mnemonic

The cross at the tree was made with a knife and marks the area of the monastery.

Radicals

㐅 cross
木 tree
刂 cut(It is typically at the right side of the character.)
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Vocabulary

刹车 shā chē to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake
刹那 chà nà an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
踩刹车 cǎi shā chē to step on the brake; to brake (when driving)

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