Memory phrase for the Kanji: 剧

剧

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Meaning

drama, play, show, severe

Pronunciation

 jù

Explanation

 Left: reside/live 居 (Where the buttock 尸 [side view] becomes old 古, he has his residence), right: knife, to cut 刂

Mnemonic
 
It plays at his residence with a knife: this drama.

Radicals

居 residence
刂 cutIt is typically at the right side of the character.
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 Vocabulary

急剧 jí jù  rapid; sudden
剧烈 jù liè  violent; acute; severe; fierce
戏剧 xì jù  drama; play; theater
悲剧 bēi jù  tragedy
加剧 jiā jù  to intensify; to sharpen; to accelerate; to aggravate; to exacerbate; to embitter
丑剧 chǒu jù  absurd drama; farce; disgraceful show
丑剧 chǒu jù  

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