chù = chu + Ø4
crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch
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How to pronounce 絀

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= chu initial

Chu is for Chantal Chicken.

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+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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絀 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= s + Ø1
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]
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chū = chu + Ø1
to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
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chū = chu + Ø1
variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
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Characters with 絀 as component

絀 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 絀

to compensate for lack of ability through hard work (idiom)
to be in straitened circumstances
see 心有餘而力不足|心有余而力不足[xin1 you3 yu2 er2 li4 bu4 zu2]

Sentences with 絀

絀 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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chù

crimson silk / deficiency / to stitch

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