Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 渇

渇

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Meaning

 thirst

Pronunciation

 KATSU
kawaku

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: 曷 var. of easy 易 (sun 日, rays勿, where the inner rays are subsituted by a sitting person 匕)

Mnemonic

Water is needed by the person sitting in the sunshine, because he is thirsty.

Radicals

氵 water(The radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水)
曷 interrogation(also as an interrogative particle: why, how, when)
易 simple
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Vocabulary

渇 かつ thirst
渇く かわく to be thirsty

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