Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 最


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Meaning

most, extremely, highest

Pronunciation

SAI
mottomo

Explanation

Top: sun , bottom: to take, hold (.. at the ear with the hand )

Mnemonic

(It illuminates everything even into the most remote corners:) The sun takes [with its shine] the extremely.

Radicals

day, sun(The radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.)
hold, take
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Vocabulary

最も もっとも most/extremely
最近 さいきん latest/most recent/nowadays
最期 さいご one´s time of death, death, last moment
最後 さいご end, last, conclusion
最初 さいしょ beginning/outset/first/onset
最低 さいてい least, lowest, worst, nasty, disgusting, horrible
最中 さいちゅう in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst
最中 さなか in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst
最善 さいぜん the very best

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