Memory phrase for the character: 嫩


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Meaning

soft, tender, delicate, light (color)

Pronunciation

nèn

Explanation

Left: woman 女, right: imperial order 敕 (It comes in a bundle 束 and strikes 攵: the imperial order) [to strike 攵/攴= hand 又 with stick 卜]

Mnemonic


 
(Manufacturing process for flax fiber by beating) By women the bundle is beaten to until it is: soft.

Radicals

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?
bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳
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 Vocabulary

黎巴嫩 Lí bā nèn  Lebanon
娇嫩 jiāo nen  tender and lovely; fragile; delicate
香娇玉嫩 xiāng jiāo yù nèn  a beautiful woman
香娇玉嫩 xiāng jiāo yù nèn  


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