Memory phrase for the character: 刹

刹

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Meaning

Buddhist monastery 剎多羅, to brake, stop

Pronunciation

chà, shā

Explanation

 Left: to kill 杀 (marker 㐅 in the tree 木, where he was killed), right: knife 刂

Mnemonic
 
The cross at the tree was made with a knife and marks the area of the monastery.

Radicals

㐅 cross
木 tree
刂 cutIt is typically at the right side of the character.




 Vocabulary

刹车 shā chē  to brake (when driving); to stop; to switch off; to check (bad habits); a brake
刹那 chà nà  an instant (Sanskrit: ksana); split second; the twinkling of an eye
踩刹车 cǎi shā chē  to step on the brake; to brake (when driving)
踩刹车 cǎi shā chē  

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