Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 参


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Meaning

participate, attend, go, come, visit

Pronunciation

SAN
mairu

Explanation

From top: Nose , big , hairy (Originally this was the image of a woman = く with long hair (possibly with hairpins ?), with the meaning: beautiful)

Mnemonic

Where the simplified woman with the 'big' hair is, I would like to participate.

Radicals

nose(Is typically understood as a nose in a sideview which is directed to the left.)
big(A person with wide spread arms and legs appears big.)
hair(The radical sanzukuri shows three hair.)
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Vocabulary

参る まいる to go,to come, (modest form of 行く, 来る)
参加 さんか participation
宮参り みやまいり visit a shrine
人参 にんじん a carrot
参考 さんこう reference, consultation
参議院 さんぎいん House of Councillors
参上 さんじょう calling on, visiting
参照 さんしょう reference, consultation, consultation
持参 じさん bringing, taking, carrying

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