Memory phrase for the Kanji: 博
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博 |
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Meaning
| doktorate, gain, gamble, extensive, wide
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Pronunciation |
HAKU, BAKU
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Explanation |
Left: ten 十, right: var. of wholly, exclusively 専 (The soil 一 is penetrated by a (single) sprout 丨 in the rice field 田, cared for by a skillful hand 寸, which is exclusive.) |
Mnemonic |
(Gratitude of the patients:) Tenfold is the whole gain of a doctor.
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Radicals
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十
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ten, 10 | Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten. |
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専
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exclusively | specialty, wholly, solely |
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由
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reason, cause | A rice field 田 with a sprouting plant 丨 A field with just one sprouting plant: there must be a reason. |
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寸
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skillful hand | Image 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". |
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
| 博士 |
はかせ |
doctorate, PhD |
| 博物館 |
はくぶつかん |
museum |
| 博打 |
ばくち |
gambling, speculation |
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