Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 銃

銃

Kanji-Trainer

Meaning

 gun, rifle, arms

Pronunciation

 JŪ

Explanation

 Left: metal 金, right: fill, charge 充 (The new born baby [child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first] flounders with its legs 儿 to be 'filled' [= fed])

Mnemonic

Metal fills/charges the gun.

Radicals

金 gold, metal(This radical is always on the left side of a character.)
充 assign, fill (battery)
new born baby(Character of 子, but upside down: The child comes at the birth with head first.)
儿 moving feet(Radical: hitoashi)
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Vocabulary

銃 じゅう gun
銃眼 じゅうがん loophole, eyelet, embrasure

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