Memory phrase for the Kanji: 将
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将 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| commander, leader
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Pronunciation |
SHŌ
masa |
Explanation |
Left: bed 丬 (cf. 爿 developed from the image of a halved 片 tree), right: a hand reaches down 爫, skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| A simple bed, a hand reaching down and a skillful hand defines (the skills of) a commander.
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Radicals
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丬
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bed | Shows a sliced tree trunc. Is used in the trainer as "bed". Compare 片 |
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爫
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grap downwards | The radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards. |
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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
| 将軍 |
しょうぐん |
shogun |
| 将来 |
しょうらい |
future, prospects |
| 将棋 |
しょうぎ |
Japanese chess |
| 将校 |
しょうこう |
officer |
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