Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 更

更

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Meaning

 renew, anew, change, fresh, again

Pronunciation

 KŌ
sara, fukeru/kasu

Explanation

 Center: sun 日, rest: measure of length 丈 (big 大 person measures with long step distance of 3m)

Mnemonic

The sun 日 shows it size 大 renewedly again.

Radicals

日 day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
更 renewed
丈 measure of length
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Vocabulary

変更 へんこう change, modification, alteration
夜更け よふけ late at night
夜更し よふかし staying up late, keeping late hours, sitting up late at night, nighthawk
更ける ふける to get late, to advance, to wear on
更に さらに (uk) furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover

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