Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 期
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期 |
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Meaning |
a period of time, phase |
Pronunciation |
qī |
Explanation |
Left: image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing) 其, that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [thus used in period 期] to separate the corn from the husk), right: moon/month 月 |
Mnemonic
| Grain scoops and the moon are only seen: periodically. |
Radicals
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其
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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)) |
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月
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moon, month | (When it is at the left in the character then often with the meaning "body part". If at the right, then as "moon, month, period".) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 时期 |
shí qī |
a period in time or history; period; time (interval); phase | | 邮戳日期 |
yóu chuō rì qī |
postmark date | | 无霜期 |
wú shuāng qī |
frost-free period | | 周期性 |
zhōu qī xìng |
periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity | | 短期 |
duǎn qī |
short-term | | 期限 |
qī xiàn |
time limit; deadline; allotted time | | 定期 |
dìng qī |
regularly; at regular intervals | | 早期 |
zǎo qī |
early period; early phase; early stage | | 星期 |
xīng qī |
week; day of the week; Sunday | | 初期 |
chū qī |
initial stage; beginning period | | 周期 |
zhōu qī |
period; cycle |
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