Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 掘
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掘 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
dig, excavate, delve |
Pronunciation |
KUTSU
horu |
Explanation |
Left: hand 扌, right: stoop, bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack) comes out 出 when bowing [="plumber's crack or smile"]) |
Mnemonic
| You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging. |
Radicals
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扌
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hand | (Several characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌, 手, ヨ) |
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屈
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crouch, stoop, bending | (Think to the "carpenter crack", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches. The mnemonic: "The butt comes out, when crouching.) |
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尸
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buttocks (in a side view) | (The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".) |
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出
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come out | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 掘る |
ほる |
to dig, to excavate | | 採掘 |
さいくつ |
mining | | 発掘 |
はっくつ |
excavation, exhumation, discovery (e.g. new talent) |
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