Memory phrase for the Kanji: 幹


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Meaning tree trunk, main (part)

Pronunciation

KAN
miki

Explanation

Left: sunrise (The sun rises between plants .), right: person and: dry (image of drying stand/rack)

Mnemonic


 
At rising sun a person is drying the trunk of a tree.

Radicals

sun risePlease be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunset. This appears strange, but seems to be fact-based due to: sunset 暮 and morning .
dryThe radical hoshi stands for dry and lookls like a drying rail/stand.
sun rise
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 Vocabulary

 幹  みき  (tree) trunk
 新幹線  しんかんせん  bullet train: "Shinkansen"
 幹線  かんせん  main line, trunk line
 幹部  かんぶ  management, (executive) staff, leaders


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