Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 青


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Meaning

blue, young

Pronunciation

SEI, SHŌ
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Explanation

Top: growing plant (Variation of live ), below: moon (not mismatch with )

Mnemonic

Growing plants appear in the light of the moon as blue and young.

Radicals

blue, young(At the top a growing plant (sometimes also or 丰, as with "life" ) and below the moon . Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green.)
growing plant
month(The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to and thus looks equal as "moon".)
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Vocabulary

緑青 ろくしょう verdigris, patina
青銅 せいどう bronze
真っ青 まっさお deep blue, ghastly pale
青い あおい blue, pale, green, unripe, inexperienced
青少年 せいしょうねん youth/young person
青白い あおじろい pale/pallid
青年 せいねん youth/young man
青春 せいしゅん youth/springtime of life/adolescent
あお blue

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