Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 祺
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祺 |
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Meaning |
felicity, auspicious, propitious, good luck, euphoria |
Pronunciation |
qí |
Explanation |
Left: to show, altar 示, right: grain shovel/scoop 其 (tool for threshing) |
Mnemonic
| At the altar and while threshing, you feel: felicity. |
Radicals
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示
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to show, altar | (Shows a simple altar 丁 with a sacrifice 一 and blood 八 is trickling down. Thus the meanings: to show and altar.) |
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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
| 段祺瑞 |
Duàn Qí ruì |
Duan Qirui (1864-1936), commander of Beiyang Army under Yuan Shikai, then politician and powerful warlord | | 商祺 |
shāng qí |
business is auspicious; conventional greeting at the foot of a letter: May your business go well! |
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