Memory phrase for the character: 岬

岬

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Meaning

promontory, headland, cape

Pronunciation

KŌ
misaki, saki

Explanation

 Left: mountain 山, right: mussel shell or turtle shell 甲 (seed with a root shoot 丨 opening the shell)

Mnemonic
 
A mountain of mussel shells forms a promontory.

Radicals

山 mountainPicture of a mountain with three peaks.
甲 shell, armorIn the seedling, the root shoot 丨 bursts the amor/shell 田 (= 甲) (And this gives the sprout丨 a reason 由.)




 Vocabulary

岬 みさき  cape (on coast)

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