Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 繊


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Meaning

fine, slender, fiber, slim

Pronunciation

SEN

Explanation

Left: thread , right: halberd with ten , hollow (= hollow vent of an extinct vulcano)

Mnemonic

Like 'threads' are the ten hollow halberds: such fine.

Radicals

thread
ten(Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.)
hollow(Image of a hollow volcano vent)
halberd, spear, lance(This radical kanohoko stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae Other radicals with weapons are: )
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Vocabulary

繊細 せんさい delicate, sensitive, subtle
化繊 かせん synthetic fibres
繊維 せんい fibre, fiber, textile


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