Memory phrase for the character: 倣

倣

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Meaning

copy, imitate, emulate, follow

Pronunciation

HŌ
narau

Explanation

Left: person 人, right: let go 放 (In his side 方 he was hit 攵 to release.)

Mnemonic

(A golfer's trick:) The person has a sideways shot and that is copied.

Radicals

亻	person	This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
放	release
方	direction
攵	Stick in a hand	The radical nobun* shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)*

Vocabulary

倣う	ならう	to imitate, to follow, to emulate
模倣	もほう	imitation, copying

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