Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 窟
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Meaning |
cave, cavern |
Pronunciation |
KUTSU
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Explanation |
Top: cave/hole 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack] comes out 出 when stooping: = "plumber's crack or smile") |
Mnemonic
| A hole where you have to stoop is a cave. |
Radicals
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穴
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Opening | (Also: hole, cavity, cavern - Covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the hole / cave.) |
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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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屈
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crouch, stoop, bending | (Think to the "carpenter crack", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches. The mnemonic: "The butt comes out, when crouching.) |
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出
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come out | |
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Vocabulary
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