Memory phrase for the character: 剃

剃

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Meaning

to shave (beard), to weed

Pronunciation

tì

Explanation

 Left: younger brother 弟 (A feathered 丷arrow λ from the bow 弓 of my younger brother.), right: knife, to cut刂

Mnemonic
 
My younger brother (still) cuts himself when shaving.

Radicals

弟 younger brother
刂 cutIt is typically at the right side of the character.




 Vocabulary

剃须刀 tì xū dāo  razor
剃发留辫 tì fà liú biàn  to shave the head but keep the queue
剃发令 tì fà lìng  the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
剃发令 tì fà lìng  

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