Memory phrase for the character: 司

司

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Meaning administration, to take charge of, to manage

Pronunciation

sī

Explanation

Mnemonic
 
In a corner ⌝ is sb. who throws a sheet 一 of paper in the wastebasket 口: In the administration.

Radicals

司 administration
口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

司法 sī fǎ  judicial; (administration of) justice
公司 gōng sī  (business) company; company; firm; corporation; incorporated
总司令 zǒng sī lìng  commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations
司机 sī jī  chauffeur; driver
司令 sī lìng  commanding officer
司寇 sī kòu  minister of criminal justice (official rank in Imperial China); two-character surname Sikou
司马懿 Sī mǎ Yì  Sima Yi (179-251), warlord under Cao Cao and subsequently founder of the Jin dynasty
阿道司・赫胥黎 Ā dào sī · Hè xū lí  Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave new world
司铎 sī duó  priest
司铎 sī duó  

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