Memory phrase for the character: 卿

卿

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Meaning

high ranking official (old), honorific (old)

Pronunciation

qīng

Explanation

Outside: rabbit 卯 (Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage and side chambers), inside: not good 艮 ('good' would be 良, but here the accent 丶 is missing, thus 'not good')

Mnemonic

'You Rabbit!' is not good as an official honorific term.

Radicals

卯	rabbit	Image of a rabbit's hole with a central passage \|\|and two side chambers. The rabbit is also: 兔
卵	egg, ovum	Probably derived from willow catkins, which are lined up and appear like eggs.
艮	not good	This 良 is the character for "good", but since the accent is missing it is understood as "not good".
卩	bent person	Shows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)

Vocabulary

国务卿	guó wù qīng	Secretary of State
九卿	jiǔ qīng	the Nine Ministers (in imperial China)

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