Memory phrase for the character: 暂

暂

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Meaning

temporary, for the time being, provisional

Pronunciation

zàn

Explanation

 Top: chop 斩 (The vehicle 车/車 was chopped by an axe 斤.), below: sun/day 日

Mnemonic
 
(dividing into smaller sections) Chopping up a day creates the “temporary” of a short period of time.

Radicals

斩 to chop
日 sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.




 Vocabulary

暂时 zàn shí  temporary; provisional; for the time being
暂时 zàn shí  

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