Memory phrase for the character: 徳

徳

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Meaning

virtue, merit

Pronunciation

TOKU

Explanation

Left: go 彳, right: ten 十, eye 罒 with a central pupil ロ, heart 心

Mnemonic


 
(Look around where your loving help is needed:) Go with ten eyes and the heart. That is meritful virtue!

Radicals

彳 to walkRadical gyounin This is the half form of 行 gyougamae
十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
罒 eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye with a central pupil ロ, whereas 'eye' is also: 目. This radical is sometimes seen as a net for fishing.
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.




 Vocabulary

徳 とく  virtue, benevolence
功徳 くどく  pious act, good deed, Merit
徳川 とくがわ  Tokugawa (shogunate during the Edo period)
道徳 どうとく  morals


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