Memory phrase for the character: 描

描



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Meaning

depict, to copy, describe, to touch up

Pronunciation

 miáo

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: seedling 苗 (The 'grass' 艹 on the field 田 are actually the seedlings.)

Mnemonic
 
(The young shoots all look the same) The hand sets seedlings that copy each other. (= have the same depiction)

Radicals

扌 handSimplification of this hand 手
苗 sprout
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 Vocabulary

描写 miáo xiě  to describe; to depict; to portray; description
描述 miáo shù  to describe; description
扫描 sǎo miáo  to scan
描绘 miáo huì  to describe; to portray
描绘 miáo huì  

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