Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 隷
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隷 |
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Meaning |
servant, obey |
Pronunciation |
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Explanation |
Left: samurai 士 and to show 示/礻, right: 隶 (hand ナ/ヨ and an animal [i.e. cat] with a tail 丨 extremities/limbs spreading away from the body) (cf. to catch 逮) |
Mnemonic
| A samurai shows how to catch a cat by hand at the tail to the servant. |
Radicals
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士
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Samurai | (Not mistake with earth, ground: 土) |
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礻
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to show, altar | (The radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.) |
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隶
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catching hand | (Here a hand ヨ grabs the tail 丨 of an animal (= the four lines below are the extremities). (But sometimes it is a hand stirs water 水 with a stick丨)) |
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尹
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Hand with stick | |
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
| 奴隷 |
どれい |
slave, servant | | 隷属 |
れいぞく |
slavery, subordination |
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