Memory phrase for the character: 掐

掐

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Meaning to pick (flowers), to pinch, to clutch

Pronunciation

qiā

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: pitfall 臽 (falling person ⺈ over a pit trap 臼)

Mnemonic
 
The hand acts like a "pitfall" when picking sth. or pinching.

Radicals

扌 hand
臽 pitfallA person falls ⺈ into a pitfall that is formed by the radical for mortar 臼.
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 Vocabulary

掐算 qiā suàn  to count with one's fingers; on the spot calculation
掐死 qiā sǐ  to throttle; to strangle
掐断 qiā duàn  cut off; disconnect
掐断 qiā duàn  

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