Memory phrase for the character: 士

士

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Meaning scholar, soldier, specialist worker

Pronunciation

shì

Explanation

A posing man with wide outstretched arms

Mnemonic
 
He looks like a poser, the scholar.

Radicals

士 scholarDon't mistake with "earth 土", which has a longer base line.
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 Vocabulary

战士 zhàn shì  fighter; soldier; warrior
泰晤士报 Tài wù shì bào  Times (newspaper)
士卒 shì zú  soldier; private (army)
绅士 shēn shì  gentleman
硕士 shuò shì  master's degree; learned person
耶稣会士 Yē sū huì shì  a Jesuit; member of Society of Jesus
莎士比亚 Shā shì bǐ yà  Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
爵士 jué shì  knight; Sir; Jazz
瑞士 Ruì shì  Switzerland
博士 bó shì  doctor; court academician (in feudal China); Ph.D.
士兵 shì bīng  soldier
士兵 shì bīng  

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