Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 是

是

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Meaning

 right, just so, proper, this

Pronunciation

 ZE
kore

Explanation

 Top: sun 日, below: correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct)

Mnemonic

The sun looks correctly: That is right.

Radicals

是 right, proper, this
日 day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
正 correct
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Vocabulary

是非 ぜひ certainly, without fail
是正 ぜせい correction, revision

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