Memory phrase for the character: 矫

矫

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to correct, to rectify, to redress, brave, to feign

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Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: tall 乔 (young death 夭, but here: sky 天 [Sky-天-long legs 丿| make tall])

(just bend it straight) An arrow that is big can be corrected.

矢	arrow	An arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.
乔	tall

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矫揉造作	jiǎo róu zào zuò	pretension; affectation; putting on artificial airs
矫正	jiǎo zhèng	to correct; to rectify (e.g. a physical defect such as hearing or vision); to cure; rectification; correction; to straighten
矫健	jiǎo jiàn	strong and healthy; vigorous
矫诏	jiǎo zhào	the pretense of acting on imperial order
矫枉过直	jiǎo wǎng guò zhí	to over-correct a defect (idiom); to over-compensate; to push sth too far the other way; fig. inverse discrimination
矫枉过直	jiǎo wǎng guò zhí

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