Memory phrase for the character: 更

更

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Meaning

even further, still more, to change (cloths) or replace

Pronunciation

gēng, gèng

Explanation

 Center: sun 日, rest: unit of length zhàng 丈 3m (a big 大 person with a wide step)

Mnemonic
 
The sun goes with wide steps even further.

Radicals

曰 say, speakThis radical is very similar to the sun 日. But it is to be understood as a mouth 口 with a tongue 一 , which stands for “to speak”.
丈 unit of lengthA tall 大 person making a wide lunge (= lateral step) to the right to measure this distance.
更 even further




 Vocabulary

更新 gēng xīn  to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate
更加 gèng jiā  more (than sth else); even more
更换 gēng huàn  to replace
自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng  regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance
变更 biàn gēng  change; alter; modify
 

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