Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 尉
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尉 |
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Meaning |
military officer |
Pronunciation |
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Explanation |
From left: buttock seen from the side 尸, show 示, skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| A 'buttocks' shows his skillful hand: that's the military officer. |
Radicals
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尸
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buttocks (in a side view) | (The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".) |
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礻
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to show, altar | (The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.) |
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寸
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skillful hand | (Image of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand" and partly also "to measure".) |
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Vocabulary
| 尉官 |
いかん |
officer below the rank of major, company officer |
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