Memory phrase for the character: 琢
琢
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Meaning
to cut (gems)
Pronunciation
zhuó
Explanation
Left: jade, king 王 (jade itself is: 玉 ), right: 豖 (pig 豕 with a cut leg)
Mnemonic
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Jade is just as a cut pig's leg, both are: cut and polished.
Radicals
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Vocabulary
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獳㴢晩牳琢㹁湮潴慴ٚ
琢磨
zhuó mó
to carve and polish (jade); to polish and refine a literary work
雕琢
diāo zhuó
to sculpt; to carve (jade); ornate artwork; overly elaborate prose
切磋琢磨
qiē cuō zhuó mó
gradual improvement by slow polishing (idiom); fig. education as a gradual process
切磋琢磨
qiē cuō zhuó mó