Memory phrase for the character: 凄

凄

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Meaning

sad, mournful, ice-cold frigid, dismal, grim, bleak

Pronunciation

qī

Explanation

 Left: ice 冫, right: wife 妻 (The ten 十-handed woman 女 is my [hardworking] wife.)

Mnemonic
 
My ice-cold wife makes me: sad.

Radicals

冫 iceThis radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less.
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?




 Vocabulary

凄凉 qī liáng  desolate
凄惨 qī cǎn  plaintive; mournful; miserable
凄然 qī rán  distressing
凄婉 qī wǎn  doleful; piteous
凄惋 qī wǎn  doleful; piteous
凄恻 qī cè  heartbroken; sorrowful
凄恻 qī cè  

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