Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鼓

鼓

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Meaning

drum

Pronunciation

 KO
tsuzumi

Explanation

 Left: drums 壴 (A twig 十 over bean 豆 which however is seen as the image of the drum.), right: twig 支 (twig 十, hand 又)- BETTER: top: two twigs 十十, below: two images of drums 豆,又

Mnemonic

The twigs beat on the two drums.

Radicals

壴 drumRadical: tsuzumi
支 branch (of a tree)
豆 beanThe radical mame shows a one 一, below a vessel 口 on a stand.
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Vocabulary

 太鼓  たいこ  drum, tambourine

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