Memory phrase for the character: 董

董

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Meaning

to supervise, to direct, director

Pronunciation

dǒng

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, below: double, heavy 重 (vehicle 車/ 车 with double wheels 二)

Mnemonic
 
(Breeding success is labor-intensive:) To make plants heavy, they must be supervised.

Radicals

艹 grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
重 heavy, to double
車 vehicle, cartTypically simplified to 车. It showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.




 Vocabulary

董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòng shū  Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
董卓 Dǒng Zhuó  Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189
古董 gǔ dǒng  curio; antique
 

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