Memory phrase for the character: 挫

挫

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Meaning

sprain [med.], bruise

Pronunciation

ZA

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: 坐 = variation of: to sit 座 (In the building 广 two persons 人 use the ground 土 for sitting.)

Mnemonic
 
The hand on which he sat, is now sprained. (However: A hand 扌 on which someone stands 立 will be crushed 拉)

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ




 Vocabulary

挫折 ざせつ  failure (of a plan), setback, frustration
挫く くじく  sprain, to twist​

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