Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 藩

藩

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Meaning

 feudal domain, fief, clan

Pronunciation

 HAN

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: water 氵, number, watch, guard 番 (The ripe rice plants (= rice plant 禾+ rice grain 米) on the field 田 is numbered and needs to be guarded.)

Mnemonic

Plants are watered and guarded in the fief (= domain of the clain).

Radicals

艹 plant, grass(Shows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.)
番 number, guard
釆 rice & rice plant(The radical: nogome is understood as a combination of rice-plant 禾 and rice 米)
米 rice(The rice plant has this radical: 禾)
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Vocabulary

藩侯 はんこう feudal lord
藩士 はんし vassal

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