Memory phrase for the character: 掀

掀

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Meaning to lift (a lid), to rock, to convulse

Pronunciation

xiān

Explanation

Left: to break 折 (The hand 扌with an axe 斤 breaks or causes a loss.), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth) (cf. happy 欣)

Mnemonic
 
It will break, if it has a lack/deficiency and you try: to lift it.

Radicals

扌 hand
斤 axe
欠 lack, yawn
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 Vocabulary

掀起 xiān qǐ  to lift; to raise in height; to begin; upsurge; to set off (a campaign)
掀起 xiān qǐ  

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