Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 忌


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Meaning

mourning, abhor, odious, repugnant

Pronunciation

KI
imu/mawashii

Explanation

Top: I/myself (Following the winding path I find myself), bottom: heart .

Mnemonic

My own heart is mourning.

Radicals

I, myself
heart(Image of a heart with coronary arteries.)
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Vocabulary

忌まわしい いまわしい abominable, disgusting, unsavory
mourning, abstinence
忌み嫌う いみきらう to detest, to abhor, to loathe

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