Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 府


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Meaning

urban prefecture

Pronunciation

FU

Explanation

Left and top: building 广, rest: attach (Person with skillful hand attaches sth.)

Mnemonic

The buildings that are attaching, belong to the prefecture.

Radicals

广 building(Radical: madare - A similar radical stands for cliff.)
attach
skillful hand(Image of a hand forearm and pulse . 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

(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
政府 せいふ government, administration

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