Memory phrase for the Kanji: 耆


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Meaning

man of sixty or seventy

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: old, experienced 老 (old man 耂 as a sitting person 匕), bottom: sun 日

Mnemonic


 
Image of an old man sitting in the sun (.. who gives instructions 旨 with the finger 指.)

Radicals

oldA similar radical is: filial obedience 孝 and this radical 耂 stands for an old man.
sun, dayThis radical was developed from a circle with a central dot as the image of the sun. As you can hardly draw circles or dots with a brush, it became the current rectangular shape.
order, purpose
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 Vocabulary

黄耆 huáng qí  milk vetch; plant genus Astragalus
黄耆 huáng qí  
焉耆盆地 Yān qí pén dì  Yanqi basin in northeast of Tarim basin
焉耆盆地 Yān qí pén dì  


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