Memory phrase for the character: 敛

敛

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Meaning

to hold back, to restrain, to control (oneself)

Pronunciation

liǎn

Explanation

 Left: together 佥 (A person 人 as one 一 is with three ツ together.), right: to strike 攵/攴 (hand 又 with a stick 卜)

Mnemonic
 
When you together are striking, (each single one) can hold back.

Radicals

佥 together
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

收敛 shōu liǎn  to vanish; to moderate; to exercise restraint; to curb (ones' mirth, arrogance etc); to astringe; to converge
横征暴敛 héng zhēng bào liǎn  to tax by force and extort levies (idiom); to screw taxes out of the people by force
聚敛 jù liǎn  to extort taxation; to become wealthy by extortion
聚敛 jù liǎn  

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