Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 辛


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Meaning

bitter, hot, spicy, acrid

Pronunciation

SHIN
karai, tsurai

Explanation

Image of a needle for tattooing

Mnemonic

The tattooing needle is bitter and hot (in taste).

Radicals

hot, spicy(Is composed of standing and ten . Here, in reference to needle (はり), the ten can be seen as a needle, so this somehow expresses the feeling of standing on a needle.)
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Vocabulary

辛い からい hot, very spicy, pepper taste, salted
塩辛い しおからい salty (taste)
辛い つらい painful/heart-breaking
辛抱 しんぼう patience/endurance
香辛料 こうしんりょう spices

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