component HSK 7-9 #6,478

Meanings

  1. 1 to resign
  2. 2 to take leave
  3. 3 word
  4. 4 diction

Examples

HSK 3
Cízhí
to resign from a job
HSK 5
Cídiǎn
dictionary

Tips

usage
suffering + tongue - parting words spoken with difficulty

Components

radical
xīn
bitter; toil
Right - pictograph of a tattooing knife used to mark prisoners, originally meaning 'punishment, pain, bitterness.' The indexing radical (Kangxi #160). In the picture is 'words spoken under hardship' - a parting speech, a resignation, a difficult diction. Family: (spicy/hot), (distinguish), (debate).
semantic
shé
tongue
Left tongue component - pictograph of a tongue extended from a mouth (bottom with a forked top). The tongue is the organ of speech, fitting for a char meaning 'word, diction, to take leave in words.' Family: (talk), (sweet - what the tongue tastes).

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