Memory phrase for the character: 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	A person 人 with spread arms 一 appears big.

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
祁奚之荐	Qí Xī zhī jiàn
祁奚之荐	Qí Xī zhī jiàn

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