Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 姉
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姉 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
elder sister |
Pronunciation |
SHI
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Explanation |
Left: woman 女, right: city/marketplace 市 |
Mnemonic
| The woman in the city is my elder sister. |
Radicals
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女
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woman | (The stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja. ) |
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市
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city, market place | (This radical is a combination of a cover: 亠 and cloth: 巾) |
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巾
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width | (巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| お姉さん |
おねえさん |
(honorable) older sister | | 姉 |
あね |
(hum) older sister | | 姉妹 |
しまい |
sisters | | 姉貴 |
あねき |
elder sister (respectful) | | 従姉妹 |
いとこ |
(uk) cousin (female) |
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