Memory phrase for the character: 逊

逊

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Meaning to abdicate, modest, unpretentious, inferior to

Pronunciation

xùn

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: grandson 孙 (The child 子 who is the smallest 小 is the grandson.)

Mnemonic
 
(Reached the age limit:) The movement, when the grandson comes is to abdicate modestly.

Radicals

辶 movementIn some cases this radical 廴 is used, but the mnemonics are the same.
子 childA child with an emphasized head 乛, body 丿 and two outstretched arms 一.
小 smallA person with tight arms
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 Vocabulary

约翰逊 Yuē hàn xùn  Johnson or Johnston (name)
逊色 xùn sè  inferior
威尔逊 Wēi ěr xùn  Wilson (name)
谦逊 qiān xùn  humble; humility; modesty
盎格鲁萨克逊 àng gé lǔ sà kè xùn  Anglo-Saxon
盎格鲁撒克逊 Àng gé lǔ Sā kè xùn  Anglo-Saxon (people)
盎格鲁撒克逊 Àng gé lǔ Sā kè xùn  

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