Memory phrase for the character: 录


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Meaning

diary, record, to hit, to copy

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: hand 彐, bottom: liquid 水 (Compare with: green 绿 where a hand /彐 squeezes fiber 纟 and green liquid 水 drops down.)

Mnemonic


 
When the hand squeezes out a liquid this means: 'diary' or 'keeping records'.

Radicals

squeeze outThe hanzi 录 has the meaning: to keep a record/to transcribe, but is used as a radical with the meaning “to squeeze out”, as this shows a hand 彐 squeezing out a liquid 水.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
handTraditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.
water




 Vocabulary

记录 jì lù  record
纪录 jì lù  record
摘录 zhāi lù  to extract; to excerpt
抄录 chāo lù  to make a copy of
殊域周咨录 Shū yù zhōu zī lù  Ming dynasty record (1574) of exploration and foreign relations
殊域周咨录 Shū yù zhōu zī lù  


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