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Making Chinese characters memorable

ㄐㄧㄢ ˇ

jiǎn

scissors
See how characters are made

Break characters down into their components to see semantic and phonetic hints

  • ㄐㄧㄢ ˇ

    jiǎn

    scissors

    • ㄑㄧㄢ ˊ

      qián

      front

    • ㄉㄠ

      dāo

      knife

Make characters memorable

Write short, mnemonic stories about the characters to make them easier to remember

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scissors - two conjoined knives - save ener[gy 'n] time. Every month I bend down to cut weeds in my lawn and stand up to look at my work, satisfied.
by vms5q

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