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Making Chinese characters memorable

段

ㄉㄨㄢ ˋ

duàn

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

  • 段
    ㄉㄨㄢ ˋ

    duàn

    segment

    • ?

      • 丨
        ㄍㄨㄣ ˇ

        gǔn

        line

      • ?

        • 一
          ㄧ

          yī

          one

    • 殳
      ㄕㄨ

      shū

      lance

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After defeating the army with LANCEs, John asks, "[Do an]y of you have a flag for marking this <segment> of land as ours?"
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