Memory phrase for the character: 凋
凋
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Meaning
withered
Pronunciation
diāo
Explanation
Left: ice 冫, right: circumference 周 (A framed 冂 luck 吉, sets its circumference)
Mnemonic
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Ice has a circumference, that is: withered.
Radicals
冫
ice This radical is similar to “water 氵”. However, it has one stroke less. In this sense: Water that no longer flows is ice.
周
circumference
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Vocabulary
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凋敝
diāo bì
impoverished; destitute; hard; depressed (of business); tattered; ragged
民生凋敝
mín shēng diāo bì
the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
凋零
diāo líng
withered; wilted; to wither; to fade; to decay
凋零
diāo líng