Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 塀


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Meaning

wall, fence

Pronunciation

HEI

Explanation

Left: earth , right: to unite (When coming out of a the gate (= image of a toori) of a shinto-shrine you shall be united)

Mnemonic

Made of earth to unite the buttocks within: The wall or the fence.

Radicals

earth(ground, soil)
buttocks (in a side view)(The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse . But because of its use in tail , buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".)
put together, unite(When you are coming out of a buddhist temple you shall be united. - [ = image of a temple's entrance gate with double upper traverses, which actually means "open ", as these gates have no door])
well
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Vocabulary

へい wall, fence


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