Memory phrase for the character: 奸

奸

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Meaning

traitor, adultery, wicked, crafty

Pronunciation

jiān

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: dry 干 (laundry rack)

Mnemonic
 
The woman who is conspicuously "dry" is the traitor.

Radicals

女 womanThe character for tall 大 shows a person 人 with outstretched arms 一. If you shift the lower strokes towards each other, you can get the: woman 女. The wider lower area can be understood as female hips?
干 dry




 Vocabulary

狼狈为奸 láng bèi wéi jiān  villains collude together (idiom); to work hand in glove with sb (to nefarious ends)
汉奸 hàn jiān  traitor (to China)
强奸 qiáng jiān  rape
内奸 nèi jiān  undiscovered traitor; enemy within one's own ranks
奸淫 jiān yín  fornication; adultery; rape; seduction
奸猾 jiān huá  treacherous; crafty; deceitful
奸猾 jiān huá  

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