Memory phrase for the character: 挡


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Meaning keep off, to resist, obstruct hinder, to block

Pronunciation

dǎng, dàng

Explanation

Left: hand , right: 当 (=small hand /)

Mnemonic


 
With a hand, a small hand is kept off.

Radicals

hand
smallA person with tight arms
handA hand with the forearm at the right and fingers stretched out to the left.
handTraditionally, the radical 58 has the meaning: pig's head, or pig's snout. The trainer always uses it as “hand”, i.e. as a variant of , which shows a hand with the fingers pointing to the left. This often appears to be etymologically justified.
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 Vocabulary

阻挡 zǔ dǎng  to stop; to resist; to obstruct
抵挡 dǐ dǎng  to resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand
遮挡 zhē dǎng  to shelter from; to keep out
遮挡 zhē dǎng  


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