Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 瑕


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Meaning

blemish, flaw in jade, defect

Pronunciation

xiá

Explanation

Left: king, jade , right: (free interpretation: mine/pit) (In a hole with a ladder 'E' you have the tool コ in your hand .)

Mnemonic

(Jade becomes beautiful by grinding:) The jade (directly) from the mine (still) has a flaw/blemish.

Radicals

king
jade, king
mine, pit(In a hole with a ladder you have the tool コ in your hand . (This interpretation is without any ethymological background.))
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Vocabulary

白壁无瑕 bái bì wú xiá impeccable moral integrity
白壁微瑕 bái bì wēi xiá a slight blemish
瑕疵 xiá cī blemish; flaw


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