Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 彫


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Meaning

carve, engrave, sculpture, chisel

Pronunciation

CHŌ
horu

Explanation

Left: surrounding, circumference (Also enclosed luck affects the surrounding) [luck = A samurai with a full mouth is happy.], right: three lines/hair

Mnemonic

Surroundingly three lines are engraved.

Radicals

surrounding
hair(The radical sanzukuri shows three hair.)
good luck(Top: Samurai , below: Mund . (This character and radical is a simplification of ))
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Vocabulary

彫る ほる to carve, to engrave, to sculpture, to chisel
彫刻 ちょうこく carving, engraving, sculpture


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