Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 卓


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Meaning

outstanding, excellent

Pronunciation

zhuó

Explanation

Top: divination / (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast

Mnemonic

[before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent.

Radicals

oracle, mysticism(This radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.)
ten
divine(It is shown a crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical .)
outstanding, excellent(Fortune telling early at the morning is excellent.)
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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