Memory phrase for the character: 残

残

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Meaning

to destroy, to ruin, cruel, incomplete, to remain

Pronunciation

cán

Explanation

 Left: bad, wicked 歹[= bare bone], right: 戋 (two 二 halberds 戈)

Mnemonic
 
Only bones and two halberds remained: at the destruction.

Radicals

歹 bad, wickedActually the representation of a bone or dorsal vertebra.
戋 two halberds
戈 halberd




 Vocabulary

残酷 cán kù  cruel; cruelty
苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn  to struggle on whilst at death's door (idiom)
残骸 cán hái  remains; wreckage
残骸 cán hái  

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