Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 伺


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Meaning

pay respects, inquire, question, visit

Pronunciation

SHI
ukagau

Explanation

Left: person , right: civil servant, administration (... where sb. is sitting in a corner⌝ throwing a sheet of paper in the wastebasket .)

Mnemonic

A person visiting a civil servant shall pay respects.

Radicals

person(This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.)
administer, govern(Pictograph: part of a buttock and anus of a civil servant to symbolize administration.)
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Vocabulary

伺う うかがう (hon) to visit, to ask, to inquire, to hear, to implore (a god for an oracle)

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