Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 棋
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棋 |
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Meaning |
chess |
Pronunciation |
qí |
Explanation |
Left: tree 木, right: image of a grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing that is used for throwing up the grain rhythmically [ thus used in period 期] to divide the grain from the husk) [here: 其 as the play field] |
Mnemonic
| There is a wooden play field at: chess. |
Radicals
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木
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tree | |
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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)) |
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
| 棋子 |
qí zǐ |
chess piece | | 象棋 |
xiàng qí |
Chinese chess | | 棋盘 |
qí pán |
chessboard |
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