Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 基


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Meaning

foundation, base, basic

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing, that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically to divide the grain from the husk [thus used in period ], below: earth

Mnemonic

The grain scoop has an earthen foundation.

Radicals

grain shovel/scoop(With a grain scoop (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period ] thrown up to shead the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸))
earth, ground
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Vocabulary

基本上 jī běn shang basically; on the whole
托洛茨基 Tuō luò cí jī Leon Davidovich Trotsky (1879-1940), early Bolshevik leader, exiled by Stalin in 1929 and murdered in 1940
熊成基 Xióng Chéng jī Xiong Chengji (1887-1910), anti-Qing revolutionary and martyr
基建 jī jiàn capital construction (project); infrastructure
甲基 jiǎ jī methyl group (chemistry)
基极 jī jí base electrode (in transistor)
氨基酸 ān jī suān amino acid
基地 jī dì base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda
基层 jī céng basic level; grass-roots unit; basement layer
基础 jī chǔ base; foundation; basis; underlying
基金 jī jīn fund

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