Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 偵
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偵 |
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Meaning |
spy, investigate, search |
Pronunciation |
TEI
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Explanation |
Left: person 人, right: virtue 貞 (cf. chastity belt 貞 操 帯 [ていそうたい] - With a key 卜 for the lock 目 above the legs 八 for: the chastity/virtue) |
Mnemonic
| A person who appears with such virtuous is probably a spy. |
Radicals
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亻
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person | (This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.) |
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卜
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fortune telling | (This radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.) |
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貝
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money | (shell a cowries-shell (used as money)) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 探偵 |
たんてい |
detective, investigator |
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