Memory phrase for the character: 斯

斯

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Meaning

this, here, Slovakia

Pronunciation

sī

Explanation

 Left: 其 Image of a grain shovel/scoop (tool for threshing), right: axe 斤

Mnemonic
 
A grain scoop threshes like an axe, like: THIS!

Radicals

斯 this
其 grain shovel/scoopWith a grain scoop 其 (tool for threshing), grain was rhythmically [thus used in period 期] thrown up to shed the grain from the husk. (cf. to winnow 簸)
斤 axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.




 Vocabulary

法西斯 fǎ xī sī  fascist (loanword)
道琼斯指数 Dào Qióng sī zhǐ shù  Dow Jones industrial average (Wall street stock market index)
道琼斯 Dào Qióng sī  Dow Jones industrial average
喀斯特 kā sī tè  karst (loanword); weathered limestone often forming caves
喀斯特 kā sī tè  
阿拉斯加雪撬犬 Ā lā sī jiā Xuě qiào quǎn  Alaskan Malamute
突厥斯坦 Tū jué sī tǎn  Turkestan
鄂尔多斯高原 È ěr duō sī Gāo yuán  Ordos Plateau, Inner Mongolia
阿喀琉斯 Ā kā liú sī  Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
法兰西斯・斐迪南 Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán  Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria (1863-1914), heir to the Hapsburg throne, whose assassination in Sarajevo led to World War I
法兰西斯・斐迪南 Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán  
法兰西斯・斐迪南 Fǎ lán xī sī · Fěi dí nán  

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