- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 官(official; manage)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.
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管教无方
管教无方
unable to discipline a child
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
unable to discipline a child
- ，。
He lacks proper discipline methods, so his children are very disobedient.
- 貳形adjective
incapable of dealing with (unruly child)
- ，。
He manages discipline poorly, and his children are very disobedient.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 孝(filial piety; respect superiors and yield to inferiors)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(handle; whip part)RADICAL
Teaching and guiding means using the whip to remind children to practice filial piety.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 方(direction; perpendicular (pictograph—plow or boat with oar))ASSOCIATIVE
A plow or oar shape represents the concept of direction or region.
管教无方
Traditional管教無方
unable to discipline a child
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
unable to discipline a child
- ，。
He lacks proper discipline methods, so his children are very disobedient.
- 貳形adjective
incapable of dealing with (unruly child)
- ，。
He manages discipline poorly, and his children are very disobedient.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⺮(bamboo)RADICAL
- 官(official; manage)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A bamboo tube is managed by officials, so 管 means both tube and to manage.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 孝(filial piety; respect superiors and yield to inferiors)ASSOCIATIVE
- 攵(handle; whip part)RADICAL
Teaching and guiding means using the whip to remind children to practice filial piety.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(one; initial)ASSOCIATIVE
- 尢(disabled person; insufficient)ASSOCIATIVE
From the beginning there was a shortage, so 無 means 'nothing at all'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 方(direction; perpendicular (pictograph—plow or boat with oar))ASSOCIATIVE
A plow or oar shape represents the concept of direction or region.
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