Memory phrase for the character: 敕

敕

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Meaning

imperial order

Pronunciation

chì

Explanation

 Left: bundle 束 (Plants 木 like sheafs of rice (cf.兼), which are bound with a ribbon 口 as a bundle.), right: strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
It comes in a bundle and strikes: the imperial order.

Radicals

束 bundleThe tree 木 stands for many plants (sheafs of rice), which are bound/lashed with a ribbon 口 (cf. 兼) to form a bundle.
攴 rap, strikeShows originally a hand 又 with a whip 卜. It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: 又寸廾爫手扌彐右及尹君聿隶兼殳




 Vocabulary

敕封 chì fēng  to appoint sb to a post or confer a title on sb by imperial order
敕令 chì lìng  Imperial order or edict (old)
敕令 chì lìng  

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