Memory phrase for the Kanji: 葬


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Meaning

bury, funeral, interment

Pronunciation


hōmuru

Explanation

Top & bottom: plant , middle: death (Below the earth are the bare bones of a sitting person )

Mnemonic

Between the plants the dead are buried. (Or: Like a sunset of the dead is the: funeral.)

Radicals

plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
bare boneBones (vertebrae or rib) or variant of sitting person , under ground .
to go down, to setPlease be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunrise.
sitting personThe Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).
two handsTwo hands 屮 (with the fingers towards the top) simplified and combined.
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Vocabulary

 葬る  ほうむる  to bury/to inter/to entomb/to consign to oblivion/to shelve
 葬式  そうしき  funeral

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