Memory phrase for the Kanji: 冠

冠

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Meaning

crown

Pronunciation

 KAN
kanmuri

Explanation

 Top: cover 冖, bottom: origin 元 (here: chin. Yuan), skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
It's covering, costed many Yuan and is made by a skillful hand: The crown!

Radicals

冖 coverThe radical wakanmuri is seen as a cover, but sometines also considered to be a table. (Other covers are: , 亠 )
元 origin, source
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. In the mnemonic, it is used as "skillful hand" and partly also "to measure".
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Vocabulary

 冠  かんむり  crown, diadem, first, best, peerless, cap, naming

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