Memory phrase for the character: 嫉

嫉

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Meaning

jealousy, be jealous of

Pronunciation

jí

Explanation

 Left: woman 女, right: illness/quick 疾 (The disease 疒 is arrow-矢-like fast, because it makes sick quickly.)

Mnemonic
 
Men don't have it? (Only) women have this rapid-as-an-arrow disease: jealousy.

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?
疒 sicknessSimilar radicals are building 广 or cliff 厂.
矢 arrowAn arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.




 Vocabulary

嫉妒 jí dù  to be jealous; to envy; to hate
愤世嫉俗 fèn shì jí sú  to be cynical; to be embittered
妒嫉 dù jí  to be jealous
妒嫉 dù jí  

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