Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 狭
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狭 |
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Meaning |
narrow, small, cramped |
Pronunciation |
KYŌ
semai |
Explanation |
Left: wild animal 犭, right: squeezed in 夹 (husband 夫, squeezed from both sides 丷) [traditionally: 狹 with two persons 人] |
Mnemonic
| The animal is squeezed in because it is so narrow. |
Radicals
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犭
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(wild) animal | (The radical kemono shows a dog on the hind legs.) |
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夹
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squeezed | (Left and right a person 人, which are still visible at 頰, between which the main person (husband 夫 or big person 大) is queezed.) |
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
| 狭い |
せまい |
narrow, confined, small |
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