Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 磨

磨

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Meaning

 polish, rub, burnish, clean

Pronunciation

 MA
migaku

Explanation

 Outside and top: hemp 麻 (Protected in the building 广 is a whole forest 林 of hemp), below: stone 石

Mnemonic

With hemp stones can be polished.

Radicals

麻 hemp, flax
石 stone(Variante of cliff 厂, below a stone 囗)
林 small forest
广 building(Radical: madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff.)
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Vocabulary

歯磨き はみがき dentifrice, toothpaste
磨く みがく to polish, to shine, to brush, to refine, to improve

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