Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 歳
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歳 |
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Meaning |
year, year of age |
Pronunciation |
SAI, SEI
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Explanation |
From top: stop 止, var. of halberd 戈, var. of show/altar 示 |
Mnemonic
| I stop at the altar with the halberd (as a gift). I do that every year. |
Radicals
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止
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to stop | (At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line and stops.") |
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戈
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halberd, spear, lance | (This radical kanohoko stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae 弋 Other radicals with weapons are: 矛 殳 斤) |
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礻
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to show, altar | (The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 万歳 |
ばんざい |
10 thousand years | | 二十歳 |
はたち |
20 years old, 20th year | | 二十歳 |
にじゅっさい |
20 years old |
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