Memory phrase for the character: 挡

挡

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Meaning

keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block

Pronunciation

dǎng, dàng

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: act as 当 (Also a small 小 hand /彐 acts as such.)

Mnemonic


 
By hand, a small hand can be kept off.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
小 smallA person with tight arms appears small.
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.




 Vocabulary

阻挡 zǔ dǎng  to stop; to resist; to obstruct
抵挡 dǐ dǎng  to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
遮挡 zhē dǎng  to shelter from; to keep out
 


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