Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 泥
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泥 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning |
mud, dirt, mire, adhere to |
Pronunciation |
DEI
doro, nazumu |
Explanation |
Left: water 氵, right: nun 尼 (On her buttocks 尸 is sitting 匕 the nun.) |
Mnemonic
| The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy. |
Radicals
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氵
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water | (The radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水) |
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尸
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buttocks (in a side view) | (The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".) |
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匕
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sitting person | (The Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).) |
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
| 泥酔 |
でいすい |
being dead drunk | | 泥炭 |
でいたん |
peat (turf) | | 泥沼 |
どろぬま |
Swamp, morass, Quagmire | | 泥流 |
でいりゅう |
(volcanic) mud flow, Mudslide | | 泥 |
どろ |
mud | | 泥棒 |
どろぼう |
thief, burglar, robber, theft |
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