Memory phrase for the character: 敛
敛
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)
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When you together are striking, (each single one) can hold back. Radicals
佥
together
攴
rap, strike Shows 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
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Vocabulary
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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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