Memory phrase for the character: 揪

揪

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Meaning

to seize, to clutch, to hold tight, to grip

Pronunciation

jiū

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: autumn 秋 (... when the rice plants 禾 are on fire 火)

Mnemonic
 
(In autumn you have to collect for the winter) The hand in autumn seizes.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
秋 autumn, fall




 Vocabulary

揪斗 jiū dòu  to seize and struggle with; to tussle with; fig. to seize and subject to public criticism (e.g. right-roaders during cultural revolution)
揪错 jiū cuò  lit. to grab wrong; misconception; blunder; howler
揪送 jiū sòng  to seize and send (to court, to face punishment)
揪送 jiū sòng  

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