Memory phrase for the character: 啬

啬

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Meaning

stingy

Pronunciation

sè

Explanation

 Top: simplification of gold 金 or squeeze in 夹 (A husband 夫 between persons (= 人) is squeezed.) [cf. traditional 嗇], bottom: return, revolve 回

Mnemonic
 
He who constantly turns his gold 金 around 回 is stingy.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
啬 stingy
回 revolve, return
夹 squeeze in




 Vocabulary

吝啬鬼 lìn sè guǐ  a miser; a penny-pincher
吝啬 lìn sè  stingy; mean; miserly
吝啬 lìn sè  

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