Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鈍

鈍

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Meaning

 stupid, dull, foolish, slow, blunt

Pronunciation

 DON
nibui/ru

Explanation

 Left: gold/metal 金, right: barracks/camp 屯 (On fertile soil, where growing shoots 屮 pierced the ground 一 they built a barracks.)

Mnemonic

If you take gold into the barracks, you are stupid and dull.

Radicals

金 gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
屯 barracks
乚 kneeing person
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Vocabulary

鈍い にぶい dull (e.g. a knife)/thickheaded/slow (opposite of fast)/stupid
鈍い のろい dull (e.g. a knife)/thickheaded/slow (opposite of fast)/stupid
鈍る にぶる to become less capable/to grow dull/to become blunt/to weaken
鈍感 どんかん thickheadedness/stolidity

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