Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 尴
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尴 |
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Meaning |
embarrassed, ill at ease |
Pronunciation |
gān |
Explanation |
Left: broken leg 尢 (Big 大 person with broken 乚 leg), right: supervise 监 (For the cut bamboo 监 [= knife刂 & half bamboo 竹] is a bowl 皿 for its supervision) |
Mnemonic
| Because of your broken leg you need to be "supervised" and thus: you are embarrassed. |
Radicals
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尢
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lame, broken leg | (Shows a big 大 person with a broken leg 乚. (Do not confuse with 冘, where also both arms are broken.)) |
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监
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to supervise, jail | (Top: cut bamboo and half of bamboo 竹), below: bowl 皿 .... For cut bamboo (snippets/shred) I need a bowl to "supervise" it.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 尴尬 |
gān gà |
awkward; embarrassed |
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