Memory phrase for the character: 玺


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Meaning

imperial (ruler's) seal

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: thus/therefore 尔 (A lying person appears small 小, that therefore thus), below: Jade 玉

Mnemonic


 
It becomes recumbent and small when this jade is (pressed on it): at the imperial seal.

Radicals

person lying downThis radical can be seen as a person 人 who has the right leg horizontal 一. He is thus lying. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
thus, therefore
jade, king




 Vocabulary

红璧玺 hóng bì xǐ  topaz
碧玺 bì xǐ  tourmaline
玺印 xǐ yìn  seal (esp. of ruler)
玺印 xǐ yìn  


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