Memory phrase for the character: 整

整

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Meaning

in good order, exactly, to repair, to punish

Pronunciation

zhěng

Explanation

Top: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵=攴=hand 又 with stick卜], bottom: correct 正

Mnemonic


 
(In linen production, the flax fibers are aligned by beating:) The bundle needs strikes, but correctly for (good) order.

Radicals

束 bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
攴 rap, strikeShows 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
正 correctRadical 103 疋 stands for clothing or bales of cloth. In the Hanzi-Trainer, it is used synonymously with the correct 正, because it seems helpful for the explanations and the interpretation clothing/cloth bale would be in conflict with other radicals.




 Vocabulary

整个 zhěng gè  whole; entire; total
修整 xiū zhěng  to repair or maintain; to prune or trim
整齐 zhěng qí  orderly; neat; even; tidy
整顿 zhěng dùn  to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify
整理 zhěng lǐ  to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage)
调整 tiáo zhěng  adjustment; revision
整流 zhěng liú  to rectify (alternating current to direct current)
整风 zhěng fēng  Rectification or Rectifying incorrect work styles, Maoist slogan
完整 wán zhěng  complete; intact
整数 zhěng shù  whole number; integer (math.)
整体 zhěng tǐ  whole entity; entire body; synthesis; as a whole (situation, construction, team etc); global; macrocosm; integral; holistic; whole
 

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