Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 還
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還 |
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Meaning |
return, restore |
Pronunciation |
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Explanation |
Left: movement 辶, right: eye 罒, var. of sorrow 哀 (= Clothes 衣 with a big hole 口 causes sorrow.) |
Mnemonic
| The eyes show sorrow (i.e. about where we are) and thus we need a movement of return. |
Radicals
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辶
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movement | (The radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴) |
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罒
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eyes, (net) | (The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye, whereas eye is also: 目. In some combinations this radical is seen as a net for fishing.) |
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哀
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to grieve | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 返還 |
へんかん |
return/restoration | | 還元 |
かんげん |
resolution/reduction/return to origins | | 還暦 |
かんれき |
60th birthday |
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