Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 辣


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Meaning

bitter, harsh

Pronunciation

RATSU

Explanation

Left: hot, bitter (needle for tattoo), right: bundle (Things , strapped with a ribbon to a bundle)

Mnemonic

(The bitter taste is dominant:) If sth. bitter is in a bundle, it is still bitter and harsh.

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.)
bundle, sheaf((Things , bound with a ribbon to a bundle))
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Vocabulary

辣腕 らつわん shrewdness, astuteness, acumen

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