Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 氏


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Meaning

clan name, maiden name

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

Variant of hill . Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.

Mnemonic

A distorted variant of person = = together with "Plus +" as multiplier results in a family.

Radicals

clan(Variant of hill . Clan families often had their estates on the top of hills. This developed into the family name.)
shoot, lance(In the explanations this radical is referred as sabre.)
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Vocabulary

氏族 shì zú clan
裘馨氏肌肉萎缩症 qiú xīn shì jī ròu wēi suō zhèng Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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