Memory phrase for the Kanji: 討
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討 |
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Meaning
| attack, assault, defeat, chastise
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Pronunciation |
TŌ
utsu |
Explanation |
Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: skillful hand 寸 |
Mnemonic
| With words and skillful hands, you can attack.
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Radicals
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言
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word, speech | Sound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word. |
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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
| 検討 |
けんとう |
examination, investigation, study, scrutiny |
| 討つ |
うつ |
to attack/to avenge |
| 討論 |
とうろん |
debate/discussion |
| 討議 |
とうぎ |
debate/discussion |
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