Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 剃


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Meaning

to shave (beard), to weed

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: younger brother (A feathered arrow λ from the bow of my younger brother.), right: knife, to cut

Mnemonic

My younger brother (still) cuts himself when shaving.

Radicals

younger brother
cut(It is typically at the right side of the character.)
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Vocabulary

剃须刀 tì xū dāo razor
剃发留辫 tì fà liú biàn to shave the head but keep the queue
剃发令 tì fà lìng the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646


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