Memory phrase for the Kanji: 団
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団 |
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Meaning
| team, group, body, company
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Pronunciation |
DAN, TON
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Explanation |
Outside: enclosure 囗, inside: skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| You need to set limitations and have a skillful hand to form a team.
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Radicals
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囗
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enclosure | The radical kunigamae surrounds/encloses further components and thus is different from the simple square that stands for mouth 口. |
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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
| 集団 |
しゅうだん |
group, mass |
| 布団 |
ふとん |
bedding (Japanese style), futon |
| 団扇 |
うちわ |
fan |
| 公団 |
こうだん |
public corporation |
| 劇団 |
げきだん |
troupe, theatrical company |
| 団体 |
だんたい |
organization, association |
| 団地 |
だんち |
multi-unit apartments |
| 団結 |
だんけつ |
unity, union, combination |
| 座布団 |
ざぶとん |
cushion (Japanese), square cushion for sitting |
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