Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 歌

歌

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Meaning

 sing, song

Pronunciation

 KA
uta, utau

Explanation

 Left: 2x possible 可 (A nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.), right: lack, deficiency 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])

Mnemonic

You can sing twice "ka", but there is still a deficiency in your singing.

Radicals

可 possibility
欠 deficiency(The radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open and stands for lack or deficiency.)
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Vocabulary

歌う うたう to sing
歌手 かしゅ singer
童歌 わらべうた children´s song
演歌 えんか Enka (popular pop)
歌謡 かよう song, ballad
短歌 たんか tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem
哀歌 あいか elegy, sad song, lament (song)
唱歌 しょうか singing, song​
歌 うた song, poetry

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