Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 点


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Meaning

point, dot, spot

Pronunciation

TEN

Explanation

Top: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told) bottom: fire

Mnemonic

Fortune telling over the fire: There you get to the point!

Radicals

fortune telling
fortune telling(This radical bukunoto is also used in the radical .)
fire(Both the radical renga and this radical are used for fire.)
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Vocabulary

てん spot, mark, point, dot
点ける つける (uk) to turn on/to switch on/to light up
点く つく to catch fire, (electricity) comes on
弱点 じゃくてん weak point, weakness
採点 さいてん marking, grading, looking over
交差点 こうさてん Crossing
句点 くてん period, full stop
頂点 ちょうてん top/summit
零点 れいてん zero/no marks

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