Memory phrase for the character: 繁

繁

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Meaning

in great numbers, miscellaneous, many

Pronunciation

fán

Explanation

 Top: quick, nimble 敏 (Every 每 strike 攵/攴 must be quick), bottom: thread 糸

Mnemonic
 
(Threads were made of vegetable fibers [like flax / linum] by strikes.) Every strike on the threads stands for a great number.

Radicals

每 each, everyThe same meaning has 各
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
糸 threadIt has in its upper part the radical "short thread" 幺.




 Vocabulary

繁荣 fán róng  prosperous; booming (economy)
繁殖 fán zhí  to breed; to reproduce; to propagate
频繁 pín fán  frequently; often
繁茂 fán mào  exuberant; luxuriant; lush and flourishing (vegetation); rank growth
 
 
 

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