Memory phrase for the character: 矫

矫

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

Pronunciation

jiǎo

Explanation

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])

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

Radicals

矢 arrowAn arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.
乔 tall
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 Vocabulary

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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