Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 書


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Meaning

write

Pronunciation

SHO
kaku

Explanation

A hand ナ/ヨ with a painting brush (cf.筆) writes two lines = on a paper

Mnemonic

With a brush in my hand on the paper: That's how I write.

Radicals

day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
hand(Several characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,)
brush
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Vocabulary

書く かく to write
辞書 じしょ dictionary, lexicon
図書館 としょかん library
読書 どくしょ reading
説明書 せつめいしょ printed instructions
葉書 はがき postcard
投書 とうしょ letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution
書留 かきとめ registered mail, writing down, making a note of
教科書 きょうかしょ text book


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