Memory phrase for the character: 岂

岂

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Meaning

how? (emphatic question)

Pronunciation

qǐ

Explanation

 Top: mountain 山, bottom: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)

Mnemonic
 
Onto the mountain? Myself? What? How?

Radicals

山 mountain
岂 how?
己 oneselfFollowing the winding path I find myself. In several cases this snake 巳 is also understood as: "self".




 Vocabulary

岂非 qǐ fēi  wouldn't it be... ?
岂止 qǐ zhǐ  not only; far from; more than
岂敢 qǐ gǎn  how could one dare?; I don't deserve such praise
岂敢 qǐ gǎn  

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