Memory phrase for the character: 忖

忖

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Meaning

to ponder, to speculate, to consider, to guess

Pronunciation

cǔn

Explanation

 Left: feelings 忄, right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
The feeling in a skillful hand is a: pondering.

Radicals

忄 feelings
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. As a body part this is the forearm 肘. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 ts'wun = 3.72 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand".




 Vocabulary

思忖 sī cǔn  to ponder; to reckon; to turn sth over in one's mind
自忖 zì cǔn  to speculate; to ponder
忖量 cǔn liàng  to turn things over in one's mind; to conjecture; to guess
忖量 cǔn liàng  

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