Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 贈

贈

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Meaning

 present, give

Pronunciation

 ZŌ, SŌ
okuru

Explanation

 Left: shell/money 貝, right: formerly, before 曽 (At rain 丷 on the field 田 and under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly)

Mnemonic

If I had money as formerly, I will give it as a present.

Radicals

貝 money(shell a cowries-shell (used as money))
曽 formerly, before(.From top: out of 丷, field 田, sun 日. Out of the fields rises the sun as before.)
丷 way out
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Vocabulary

寄贈 きぞう donation, present, gift
贈り物 おくりもの present/gift
贈る おくる to send/to give to/to award to/to confer on

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