Memory phrase for the character: 甚

甚

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Meaning

very, extraordinary, any

Pronunciation

shén, shèn

Explanation

 Image of a grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing), bottom: angle

Mnemonic
 
A grain shovel with an extra angle is very extraordinary.

Radicals

甘 sweetA laughing mouth 廿/口 with something sweet 一.
甚 very, extraordinary
其 grain shovel/scoopWith a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shed the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
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 Vocabulary

甚至 shèn zhì  even; so much so that
甚感诧异 shèn gǎn chà yì  amazed; astonished; deeply troubled
 

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