Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 隙
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隙 |
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Meaning |
crack, crevice, gap or interval, discord, rift |
Pronunciation |
xì |
Explanation |
Left: hill 阝, right: sun 日 with rays to all directions: 小 小 |
Mnemonic
| (It causes a shadow:) The hill causes, when the sun is shining to all directions: a crack or gap. |
Radicals
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阝
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hill | |
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莫
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sunset, sinking | (Picture of a sunset: The sun 日 sets beween plants 艹,艹. The very similar radical  stands for sunrise. This seems bizarre, but can be argued based on the characters for morning 朝 in comparison to evening 暮.) |
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小
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small | (A person with tight arms) |
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
| 间隙 |
jiàn xì |
interval; gap; clearance | | 空隙 |
kòng xì |
crack; gap between two objects; gap in time between two events | | 观衅伺隙 |
guān xìn sì xì |
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom); to search out one's opponent's weak points; to look for the Achilles heel |
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