Memory phrase for the Kanji: 射


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Meaning

shoot

Pronunciation

SHA
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Explanation

Left: body (in side view), right: skillful hand

Mnemonic

The body stands laterally and has a skillful hand, when shooting.

Radicals

body
skillful handImage of a hand forearm and pulse . 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

 放射能  ほうしゃのう  radioactivity
 注射  ちゅうしゃ  injection
 反射  はんしゃ  reflection, reverberation
 射す  さす  to pour (sth. in sth.), to shine, to strike
 放射  ほうしゃ  radiation, emission
 発射  はっしゃ  firing, shooting, discharge, catapult
 陽射  ひざし  sunlight/rays of the sun

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