Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 拯
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拯 |
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Meaning |
rescue, save, to raise, to aid, to support |
Pronunciation |
zhěng |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.) |
Mnemonic
| A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing. |
Radicals
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 拯救 |
zhěng jiù |
to save; to rescue | | 包拯 |
Bāo Zhěng |
Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty; modern day metaphor for an honest politician |
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