Memory phrase for the Kanji: 薄
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薄 |
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Meaning
| diluted, thin/weak (taste), shallow, light, faint
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Pronunciation |
HAKU
usui/maru/meru |
Explanation |
Top: plant 艹, below: water 氵and: var. of wholly/exclusive 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 |
(i.e. tomatoes taste often watery) Plants with water can be wholly diluted, or weak in taste.
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Radicals
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艹
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plant, grass | Shows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸. |
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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
| 薄い |
うすい |
thin, weak, watery, diluted |
| 薄める |
うすめる |
to dilute, to water down |
| 薄弱 |
はくじゃく |
feebleness, weakness, weak |
| 薄暗い |
うすぐらい |
dim, gloomy |
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