Memory phrase for the character: 寿

寿

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Meaning

congratulate, long life

Pronunciation

JU
kotobuki

Explanation

 Left: var. of hand 手, right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic
 
Two hands congratulate and wish a long life. (And two hands 手,寸 are needed to roll sushi 寿司)

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
寸 skillful handImage 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. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 Vocabulary

寿司 すし  Sushi (food)
寿 ことぶき  congratulations, felicitations, long life
寿命 じゅみょう  life span

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