Memory phrase for the character: 鞠

鞠

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Meaning

to rear, to bring up, to raise

Pronunciation

jū

Explanation

Left: leather 革 (Horned 廿 animals 干 have a skin 口 of leather.), right: 匊 (enwrap 勹, rice 米)

Mnemonic

The horned animal needs protection (= wrapping) and food (= rice) during rearing.

Radicals

革	untanned leather	A 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.
勹	wrap
米	rice	This radical 米 means the rice grain. The rice plant has this radical: 禾

Vocabulary

鞠躬	jū gōng	to bow
鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已	jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ	to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day
鞠躬尽瘁	jū gōng jìn cuì	to bend to a task and spare no effort (idiom); striving to the utmost
鞠躬尽瘁	jū gōng jìn cuì

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