Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 塑


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Meaning

model, make (of clay)

Pronunciation

SO

Explanation

Top: new moon [さく] (= 1. day of lunar month) 朔 (disobedient or reverse [chinese only], var. of reverse/opposite [out to the mountain and downwards movements are reversed] & moon , bottom: earth

Mnemonic

For forming a counterpart of the moon you can use earth/clay and modelize it

Radicals

opposite(chinese only: (see the difference vs. barracks/camp: ))
month(The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to and thus looks equal as "moon".)
earth(ground, soil)
way out
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Vocabulary

塑像 そぞう a clay figure

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