Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 弦


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Meaning

chord, string (of bow / musical instrument), hypotenuse

Pronunciation

xián

Explanation

Left: bow , right: mysterious (part of magnet: , where a upper bracket holds threads with hanging stones that are mysterious)

Mnemonic

(As it withstood high forces, the bowstring was high-tech) The bow has a mysterious string.

Radicals

bow
mysterious
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Vocabulary

和弦 hé xián chord (music)
正弦 zhèng xián sine (of angle) (Math)

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