Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 宰


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Meaning

administer, manage, supervision

Pronunciation

SAI

Explanation

Top: roof/house , below: spicy/bitter (image of a needle for tattooing)

Mnemonic

(Always expensive repairs:) A house causes bitterness because you have to administer (= supervise) it.

Radicals

ceiling(Radical: ukanmuri)
hot, spicy(Is composed of standing and ten . Here, in reference to needle (はり), the ten can be seen as a needle, so this somehow expresses the feeling of standing on a needle.)
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Vocabulary

宰領 さいりょう supervision, superintendence
主宰 しゅさい supervision

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