Memory phrase for the Kanji: 讨
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讨 |
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Meaning
| to ask/demand for, to beg, provoke, invite
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Pronunciation |
tǎo |
Explanation |
Left: word 讠/言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| Use words and a skillful hand to ask for sth.
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Radicals
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讠
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word | traditionally 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand". |
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
| 讨论 |
tǎo lùn |
to discuss; to talk over |
| 探讨 |
tàn tǎo |
to investigate; to probe |
| 讨厌 |
tǎo yàn |
disgusting; troublesome; nuisance; nasty; to hate doing sth |
| 讨嫌 |
tǎo xián |
disagreeable; hateful; a pain in the neck |
| 乞讨 |
qǐ tǎo |
to beg; to go begging |
| 讨好卖乖 |
tǎo hǎo mài guāi |
to curry favor by showing obeisance (idiom) |
| 讨俏 |
tǎo qiào |
deliberately provocative; saucy |
| 讨俏 |
tǎo qiào |
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