Memory phrase for the Kanji: 颤


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Meaning

to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate

Pronunciation

zhàn, chàn

Explanation

Left: 亶 (cover , rotate , sun rise ), right: page, (fore)head (= head with shoulders and eyebrows )

Mnemonic

If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.

Radicals

lid
revolve, return
sun riseThe sun above the horizon at sunrise.
head, leaderPicture of an eye with emphasized eye-brows to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.
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Vocabulary

 颤抖  chàn dǒu  to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble
 颤动  chàn dòng  to tremble
 颤音  chàn yīn  vibrato (of stringed instrument); trill (in phonetics)
 颤巍巍  chàn wēi wēi  trembling; swaying; flickering; tottering; faltering
 颤巍巍  chàn wēi wēi  
 颤巍巍  chàn wēi wēi  


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