Memory phrase for the character: 段

段

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Meaning

section, segment, paragraph, stage (of a process)

Pronunciation

duàn

Explanation

 Left: var. of cliff 厂 (with stairs), right: 殳 (battle axe in a hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
At the cliff the stairs/staircase was cut with a weapon in the hand and the steps are like: sections or segments.

Radicals

段 section, segment
殳 weaponbattle axe in a hand 又




 Vocabulary

手段 shǒu duàn  method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick
线段 xiàn duàn  line segment
阶段 jiē duàn  stage; section; phase; period
地段 dì duàn  section; district
段祺瑞 Duàn Qí ruì  Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord
段荃法 Duàn Quán fǎ  Duan Quanfa (1939-2010), Chinese writer
段荃法 Duàn Quán fǎ  

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