Memory phrase for the character: 急

急

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Meaning

urgent, pressing, rapid, hurried

Pronunciation

jí

Explanation

From top: inflected person ⺈, hand /彐, heart 心

Mnemonic


 
The inflected person holds the hand to the heart, because he was in an urgent hurry. (and now is exhausted)

Radicals

急 urgent, pressing
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
彐 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.
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
⺈ kneeling personIf this person 人 is bending a leg, it becomes this radical. (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕 sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

紧急 jǐn jí  urgent; emergency
急剧 jí jù  rapid; sudden
急忙 jí máng  hastily
急躁 jí zào  irritable; irascible; impetuous
湍急 tuān jí  rapid (flow of water)
急遽 jí jù  rapid; sudden
 

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