Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 敦

敦

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Meaning

 kind-hearted

Pronunciation

 dūn

Explanation

 Left: enjoy 享 (the tall 高 child 子 enjoys), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic

If you enjoy (life) instead of striking, you are kind-hearted.

Radicals

享 to enjoy, benefit( to have the use of)
攴 rap, strike(Shows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳)
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Vocabulary

伦敦 Lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom
铎尼达利敦 Duó ní Dá lì dūn John Dalton

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