Memory phrase for the character: 咲

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bloom, blossom

saku

Left: mouth 口, right: out of 丷, heaven/sky 天

Like a mouth out of heaven looks this blossom.

口	mouth	A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
丷	way out	This radical is understood as "something coming out", such as steam.
天	heaven, sky	Note the direction of the stroke in this variant 夭, which goes at the upper stroke from right to left and then has the meaning “early death.”

咲く

さく

to bloom

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