Memory phrase for the Kanji: 敛


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

Pronunciation

liǎn

Explanation

Left: together (A person as one is with three ツ together.), right: to strike 攵/ (hand with a stick )

Mnemonic


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

Radicals

together
rap, strikeShows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are:
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 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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