Memory phrase for the character: 竖
竖
Meaning
vertical, to erect, vertical stroke Pronunciation shù Explanation Top: knife刂, hand 又 (Here: 又 as a variant of fork 叉 [= hand holding fork 丶]), bottom: stand 立
Mnemonic
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(When setting/laying a table, please align neatly.) When the knife and fork are standing, it should be vertically aligned (or erected). Radicals
立
stand A person with wide hips 六 stands upright on the ground 一.
圣
vertical Shows a hand 又 vertically above ground/earth 土. It has also the meaning "holy" from a hand over an object when blessing it.
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Vocabulary
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横躺竖卧
héng tǎng shù wò
to lie down all over the place; exhausted and in disarray
竖立 shù lì
to erect; to set upright; to stand
竖起 shù qi
to hold up (high); to raise up
横竖 héng shu
anyway
阉竖 yān shù
eunuch (contemptuous appellation)
阉竖 yān shù
