Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 卓
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卓 |
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Meaning |
outstanding, excellent |
Pronunciation |
zhuó |
Explanation |
Top: divination 卜/占 (crack 卜 in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast 早 |
Mnemonic
| [before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent. |
Radicals
卜
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oracle, mysticism | (This radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.) |
十
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ten | |
占
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divine | (It is shown a crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical 卜.) |
卓
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outstanding, excellent | (Fortune telling 占 early at the morning 早 is excellent.) |
早
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early, morning | |
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Vocabulary
董卓 |
Dǒng Zhuó |
Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189 | 卓越 |
zhuó yuè |
distinction; excellence; outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid | 卓有成效 |
zhuó yǒu chéng xiào |
highly effective; fruitful |
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