Memory phrase for the character: 董




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Meaning

to supervise, to direct, director

Pronunciation

dǒng

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, below: double, heavy 重 (vehicle 車/车 with double wheels 二)

Mnemonic


 
(Breeding success is labor-intensive:) To make plants heavy, they must be supervised.

Radicals

grass, plantGrass or a rapid growing plant in general. It shows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
heavy, to double
vehicleSimplified from 車. Showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. This character 车 is similar to the simplified east 东 =東.
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 Vocabulary

董仲舒 Dǒng Zhòng shū  Dong Zhongshu (179-104 BC), philosopher influential in establishing Confucianism as the established system of values of former Han dynasty
董卓 Dǒng Zhuó  Dong Zhuo (-192), top general of late Han, usurped power in 189
古董 gǔ dǒng  curio; antique
古董 gǔ dǒng  


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