Memory phrase for the character: 拯

拯

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Meaning rescue, save, to raise, to aid, to support

Pronunciation

zhěng

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: deputy, assist, rescue 丞 (The strokes at top 乛 and bottom 一 give for the water the channel of (freedom of action) that the deputy has.)

Mnemonic
 
A hand takes you out of the water-channel when rescuing.

Radicals

扌 hand
乛 something ???
水 water
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 Vocabulary

拯救 zhěng jiù  to save; to rescue
包拯 Bāo Zhěng  Bao Zheng (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty; modern day metaphor for an honest politician
包拯 Bāo Zhěng  

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