Memory phrase for the character: 裁

裁

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Meaning to cut out (as a dress), trim, reduce, decision, judgment

Pronunciation

cái

Explanation

Top: ten 十, halberd 戈, bottom: clothes 衤/衣

Mnemonic
 
For ten layers of clothes we use a halberd to cut it out.

Radicals

十 tenTwo crossed forearms with 5 fingers each makes ten.
戎 militaryThe ten 十 (persons) at the halberd 戈 form the military.
戈 halberd
衣 clothes
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 Vocabulary

裁军 cái jūn  disarmament
独裁 dú cái  dictatorship
裁判 cái pàn  judgment; to referee; umpire; judge; referee
仲裁 zhòng cái  arbitration
裁定 cái dìng  ruling
制裁 zhì cái  to punish; punishment; sanctions (incl. economic)
裁汰 cái tài  to cut back
裁汰 cái tài  

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