Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 忖
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忖 |
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Meaning |
to ponder, to speculate, to consider, to guess |
Pronunciation |
cǔn |
Explanation |
Left: feelings 忄, right: skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| The feeling in a skillful hand is a: pondering. |
Radicals
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忄
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feelings | |
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寸
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skillful hand | (Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".) |
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Vocabulary
| 思忖 |
sī cǔn |
to ponder; to reckon; to turn sth over in one's mind | | 自忖 |
zì cǔn |
to speculate; to ponder | | 忖量 |
cǔn liàng |
to turn things over in one's mind; to conjecture; to guess |
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