Memory phrase for the Kanji: 嫩


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Meaning soft, tender, delicate, light (color)

Pronunciation

nèn

Explanation

Left: woman , right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/= hand with stick ]

Mnemonic


 
(Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft.

Radicals

womanThe character for tall shows a person with outstretched arms . If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman . The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
bundleThe tree stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon (cf. ) to form a bundle.
rap, strikeShows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are:
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 Vocabulary

 黎巴嫩  Lí bā nèn  Lebanon
 娇嫩  jiāo nen  tender and lovely; fragile; delicate
 香娇玉嫩  xiāng jiāo yù nèn  a beautiful woman
 香娇玉嫩  xiāng jiāo yù nèn  


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