Memory phrase for the character: 耆

耆

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Meaning

man of sixty or seventy

Pronunciation

qí

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

老	old	A similar radical is: filial obedience 孝 and this radical 耂 stands for an old man.
日	sun, day	This 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.
旨	order, purpose

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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