Memory phrase for the character: 抵

抵

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Meaning

to press against, to prop up, to resist, balance

Pronunciation

dǐ

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: foundation 氐 (family 氏 is at the "bottom" _ sitting on the floor) [Family 氏 = A distorted person 人 = 亻= 厂 together with "Plus +" as multiplier makes a family.]

Mnemonic
 
A hand pushing against the 'floor', when propping up (= pressing against).

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
氏 clanVariant of hill 丘. Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name. It can be seen as one person 人, which is modified as: 厂 and a “plus +” as a multiplier, so that many persons form a family.




 Vocabulary

抵抗 dǐ kàng  to resist; resistance
抵制 dǐ zhì  to resist; to boycott; to refuse (to cooperate); to reject; resistance; refusal
抵御 dǐ yù  to resist; to withstand
抵押 dǐ yā  mortgage
抵挡 dǐ dǎng  to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
抵挡 dǐ dǎng  

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