Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 奚

奚

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Meaning

 what?, where?, why?

Pronunciation

 xī

Explanation

 From top: a hand reaching down 爫, thread 纟, big 大

Mnemonic

The down-reaching hand 爫 wants to fish with the thread 糸 something big 大, but: What?, Where?

Radicals

爫 reaching downwards(shows a hand reaching downwards to pluck sth.)
糸 thread(It has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.)
大 big, huge
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Vocabulary

奚落 xī luò to taunt; to ridicule; to jeer at; to treat coldly; to abandon
祁奚之荐 Qí Xī zhī jiàn Qi Xi's recommendation (idiom); recommending the best person for the job independent of factional loyalty

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