Memory phrase for the character: 锯

锯

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Meaning a saw, stapling or cramping broken pieces together

Pronunciation

jū, jù

Explanation

Left: metal 钅/金, right: reside, live 居 (Where the buttock 尸 [side view] becomes old 古, he has his residence.)

Mnemonic
 
It's made of metal and you use it where you reside: a saw.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
居 residence
乍 suddenly, for the first timeThis radical is understood to display a saw.
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 Vocabulary

锯齿 jù chǐ  sawtooth
锯条 jù tiáo  a sawblade
电锯 diàn jù  an electric saw
锯棕榈 Jù Zōng lǘ  Saw Palmetto (drug used to treat benign prostate hypertrophy in men)
锯棕榈 Jù Zōng lǘ  

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