Memory phrase for the character: 很

很

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Meaning

very (adverb of degree), quite, awfully

Pronunciation

hěn

Explanation

 Left: to go 彳, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic
 
(With the invention of the wheel they said this?) "Walking is not good, ... very!"

Radicals

彳 stepA simplified variant of “to go 行” with the same meaning.
艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".




 Vocabulary

得很 de hěn  very (much, good etc)
很想 hěn xiǎng  to miss sb; to very much want to
很多时 hěn duō shí  often
很多时 hěn duō shí  

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