Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 竖


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Meaning

vertical, to erect, vertical stroke

Pronunciation

shù

Explanation

Top: knife, hand (Here: as a variant of fork [= hand holding fork ]), bottom: stand

Mnemonic

(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected).

Radicals

stand
vertical (hand over ground)(hand vertically above ground/earth )
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Vocabulary

横躺竖卧 héng tǎng shù wò to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
竖立 shù lì to erect; to set upright; to stand
竖起 shù qi to hold up (high); to raise up
横竖 héng shu anyway
阉竖 yān shù eunuch (contemptuous appellation)


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