Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 当


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Meaning

hit the target, expose, apply, really

Pronunciation


ataru

Explanation

Top: small , bottom: a hand ヨ

Mnemonic

It is as small as a hand, but we hit the target!

Radicals

small(A person | with two arms close to the body is small (compare to big : a person with widely spread arms and legs).)
hand(Several characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,)
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Vocabulary

本当 ほんとう truth, reality
当たる あたる to be hit, to be successful, to face (confront)
お弁当 おべんとう box lunch
当然 とうぜん naturally, as a matter of course
坪当たり つぼあたり measured tsubo (area)
適当 てきとう suitability, fitness, adequacy, relevance
該当 がいとう corresponding/answering to/coming under
見当 けんとう be found/aim/mark/estimate/guess/approx/direction
突き当たる つきあたる to run into, to collide with

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