Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 叙

叙

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Meaning

 confer (of titles/decorations), nomination (for position)

Pronunciation

 JO

Explanation

 Left: excess, remain 余 (A heap is still on the altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.), right: hand 又

Mnemonic

As he needs extra hands he confers those titles...

Radicals

又 hand(Several characters are used for hand: , 扌, 手, ヨ)
余 in excess(A heap is still (on a variant) of altar 示 [= to show], thus there in excess.)
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Vocabulary

叙述 じょじゅつ description

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