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Making Chinese characters memorable

ˋ

chì

reprimand
See how characters are made

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

  • ˋ

    chì

    reprimand

    • ㄐㄧㄣ

      jīn

      pound

    • ㄓㄨ ˇ

      zhǔ

      dot

Make characters memorable

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

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Tired of his trainer's reprimands he crossed out the pounds on his scale. Moving the dot to the left. "a few kilos" he thought.
by Sandmancesar

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