Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 幹


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Meaning

tree trunk, main (part)

Pronunciation

KAN
miki

Explanation

Left: sunrise (The sun rises between plants .), right: person and: dry (image of drying stand/rack)

Mnemonic

At rising sun a person is drying the trunk of a tree.

Radicals

sun rise(Please be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunset. This appears strange, but seems to be fact-based due to: sunset 暮 and morning .)
dry(The radical hoshi stands for dry and lookls like a drying rail/stand.)
sun rise
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Vocabulary

みき (tree) trunk
幹線 かんせん main line, trunk line
新幹線 しんかんせん bullet train: "Shinkansen"
幹部 かんぶ management, (executive) staff, leaders


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