Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 繁

繁

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Meaning

 abundance, luxuriant, profuse, prosper, voluptuous

Pronunciation

 HAN
shigeru

Explanation

 Top: agile, quick, intelligent 敏 (when everybody 毎 strikes 攵), below: thread 糸

Mnemonic

(Threads were made from plant fibers [such as flax / linum] by strikes.) If everybody strikes we will get threads: in abundance.

Radicals

毎 every, each
攵 Stick in a hand(The radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap.))
糸 thread
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Vocabulary

繁栄 はんえい prospering, prosperity, thriving, flourishing
繁殖 はんしょく breed, multiply, increase, propagation
繁盛 はんじょう prosperity, flourishing, thriving
頻繁 ひんぱん frequency

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