Memory phrase for the character: 捶

捶

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Meaning

beat with the fist, to hammer, to cudgel

Pronunciation

 chuí

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: hang (down), droop 垂 (a vehicle 車 with a loose tire that almost drops off)

Mnemonic
 
The hand hangs (or moves) downwards, when: beating with the fist.

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
垂 hanging down
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 Vocabulary

跌脚捶胸 diē jiǎo chuí xiōng  lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth
捶胸顿足 chuí xiōng dùn zú  to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)
捶胸 chuí xiōng  to beat one's chest
捶胸 chuí xiōng  

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