Memory phrase for the Kanji: 縛
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縛 |
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Meaning
| bind, tie, restrict, restrain, truss, arrest
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Pronunciation |
BAKU
shibaru |
Explanation |
Left:thread 糸, right: var. of wholly, excluive 専 (The soil 一 is penetrated by a (sole) sprout 丨 in the rice field 田, cared for by a skillful hand 寸, which is exclusive) |
Mnemonic
| (The purpose of) A thread is wholly for binding sth.
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Radicals
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糸
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thread | |
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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
| 束縛 |
そくばく |
restraint, shackles, restriction, confinement, binding |
| 縛る |
しばる |
to tie, to bind |
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