Memory phrase for the character: 剿


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Meaning

to extirpate, to plagiarize, to destroy

Pronunciation

chāo, jiǎo

Explanation

Left: nest 巢 (three beaks 巛 in a nest 田 in a tree 木), right: knife, to cut 刂

Mnemonic


 
(All in) the nest I (kill) with the knife when extirpating.

Radicals

wild river
fruit, result, indeedTake 田 as a placeholder for what grows at the tree 木, such as fruits.
cutIt is typically at the right side of the character.
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 Vocabulary

围剿 wéi jiǎo  to encircle and annihilate; refers to repeated campaigns of the Guomindang against the communists from 1930 onwards
剿灭 jiǎo miè  to eliminate (by armed force)
追剿 zhuī jiǎo  to pursue and eliminate; to suppress
追剿 zhuī jiǎo  


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