Memory phrase for the character: 靳

靳

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Meaning

martingale (control of a horse's head), stingy

Pronunciation

jìn

Explanation

 Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals 干 have a skin 口 of leather.), right: axe 斤

Mnemonic
 
It is made of leather and (can control the horse) like an axe: The martingale.

Radicals

革 untanned leatherA horned 廿 animal seen from above with a backbone 丨 and broad hips 一 has a skin 囗 of leather around its torso. - Also these radicals 皮 and 韦 stand for leather.
斤 axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.




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