Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 被

被

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Meaning

 cover, put on, sustain, suffer, veil, wear, be exposed (film)

Pronunciation

 HI
kōmuru, ōu

Explanation

 Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: skin 皮 (A hand 又 with a knife 丨 peels off the skin 厂)

Mnemonic

The clothes are like a skin, because they are covering.

Radicals

衣 clothing(The radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.)
皮 leather, skin
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Vocabulary

被せる かぶせる to cover (with something)
被る かぶる to suffer, bear, carry
被害 ひがい damage

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