Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 啓


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Meaning

disclose, enlighten, illuminate, state

Pronunciation

KEI

Explanation

Top: door , hit, strike (bang) (hand with a stick ), below: opening

Mnemonic

When the door opens with a bang into an opening, things get disclosed.

Radicals

door(The radical "todare" shows a sliding door mounted in an upper guide/rail.)
Stick in a hand(The radical nobun shows a hand or that holds a stick (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap.))
mouth(A small square stands for the mouth, and a big square is an enclosure.)
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Vocabulary

啓発 けいはつ enlightenment, development, edification
謹啓 きんけい Dear Mr. / Mrs. (in written)
拝啓 はいけい Dear (so and so)


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