Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 跪


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Meaning

to kneel

Pronunciation

guì

Explanation

Left: foot (knee cap and footprint ), right: danger (The bent person ⺈ on the cliff could (when falling) change into a slumped person : That's the danger!) [= unlucky]

Mnemonic

The feet shall, when in danger: kneel.

Radicals

foot
danger, to endanger
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Vocabulary

跪下 guì xia to kneel down
跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down; to sink to one's knees; to grovel
跪祷 guì dǎo to kneel in prayer
跪叩 guì kòu to kowtow


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