Memory phrase for the Kanji: 擅


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Meaning without authority, to usurp, to monopolize, to be good at

Pronunciation

shàn

Explanation

Left: hand , right: 亶 (cover , rotate , sun rise )

Mnemonic


 
(A rotatable blind [= jalousie] at the window) The hand that turns the cover, before the sunrise, does this: unauthorized.

Radicals

hand
lid
revolve, return
sun riseThe sun above the horizon at sunrise.
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 Vocabulary

 擅自  shàn zì  without permission; of one's own initiative
 擅长  shàn cháng  to be good at; to be expert in
 擅离职守  shàn lí zhí shǒu  AWOL (Absent Without Leave, military term)
 擅离职守  shàn lí zhí shǒu  


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