Memory phrase for the character: 退

退

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Meaning

to retreat, to decline, to move back, to withdraw

Pronunciation

 tuì

Explanation

 Left: movement 辶, right: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic
 
The movement is not good if it is a retreat.

Radicals

退 retreat
辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
艮 not goodThis 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
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 Vocabulary

退出 tuì chū  to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing)
退出 tuì chū  

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