Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 襟

襟

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Meaning

 collar, lapel, neck

Pronunciation

 KIN
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Explanation

 Left: clothes 衤/衣, right: forbid/prohibit 禁 (= Only putting twice wood 林 on the altar 示 [as a sacrifice] is forbidden.)

Mnemonic

Clothes that are forbidden are with collars and lapels.

Radicals

衣 clothing(The radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.)
林 small forest
礻 to show, altar(The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.)
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Vocabulary

襟 えり neck/collar/lapel/neckband

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