Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 撕

撕

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Meaning

 to tear, to rip apart, to shred

Pronunciation

 sī

Explanation

 Outsides: to break 折 (A hand 扌 with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss), inside: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing)

Mnemonic

When the hand uses a grain shovel as an axe, it can tear or rip apart.

Radicals

折 fracture, to break
其 grain shovel/scoop(With a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shead the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸))
斯 this
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Vocabulary

撕裂 sī liè to rip apart; to tear; laceration; rent
撕毁 sī huǐ to tear up; to rip up; too shred
撕破 sī pò to tear

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