Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 都
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Meaning |
town, city, metropolis |
Pronunciation |
TO, TSU
miyako |
Explanation |
Left: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.), right: village ⻏ |
Mnemonic
| When (many) persons are in a village, it develops to: a city. |
Radicals
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者
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person | |
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⻏
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village, city wall | (This radical oozato is always at the right side of the kanji and means "village". Please note the difference to the radical kozato 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the kanji.) |
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
| 都 |
みやこ |
capital, metropolis | | 都合 |
つごう |
circumstances/condition/convenience | | 京都 |
きょうと |
Kyoto | | 都会 |
とかい |
city | | 都市 |
とし |
town, city, municipal, urban | | 都心 |
としん |
heart (of city) | | 首都 |
しゅと |
capital city |
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