Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 掐
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掐 |
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Meaning |
to pick (flowers), to pinch, to clutch |
Pronunciation |
qiā |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼) |
Mnemonic
| The hand acts like a "pitfall" when picking sth. or pinching. |
Radicals
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扌
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hand | |
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臽
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pitfall | (A person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.) |
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
| 掐算 |
qiā suàn |
to count with one's fingers; on the spot calculation | | 掐死 |
qiā sǐ |
to throttle; to strangle | | 掐断 |
qiā duàn |
cut off; disconnect |
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