Memory phrase for the character: 哲

哲

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Meaning wisdom, philosophy, wise

Pronunciation

zhé

Explanation

Top: to break 折 (.. by hand 扌 or with an axe 斤), bottom: mouth 口

Mnemonic
 
Even broken, the mouth utters wisdom.

Radicals

折 fracture, to break
口 mouth, openingThis is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

哲学 zhé xué  philosophy
陶哲轩 Táo Zhé xuān  Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006
陶哲轩 Táo Zhé xuān  

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