Memory phrase for the character: 颤

颤

Hanzi-Trainer

Meaning to tremble, to shiver, to shake, to vibrate

Pronunciation

zhàn, chàn

Explanation

Left: 亶 (cover 亠, rotate 回, sun rise 旦), right: page, (fore)head 页 (= 頁 head 目 with shoulders 八 and eyebrows 一)

Mnemonic
 
If under the cover all is rotating at sun rise in your head, you tremble and shiver.

Radicals

亠 lid
回 revolve, return
旦 sun riseThe sun 日 above the horizon 一 at sunrise.
頁 head, leaderPicture of an eye 目 with emphasized eye-brows 首 to express the special: the head or the chief. (When used as a radical often without eye-brows 頁 meaning forehead). It is always at the right side of a character.
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

颤抖 chàn dǒu  to shudder; to shiver; to shake; to tremble
颤动 chàn dòng  to tremble
颤音 chàn yīn  vibrato (of stringed instrument); trill (in phonetics)
颤巍巍 chàn wēi wēi  trembling; swaying; flickering; tottering; faltering
颤巍巍 chàn wēi wēi  
颤巍巍 chàn wēi wēi  

List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Hanzi-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer