Memory phrase for the character: 憎

憎

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Meaning

hate, loathe, detest

Pronunciation

ZŌ
nikumu/i/shimi

Explanation

 Left: feeling 忄, right: before/formerly 曽 build up (At rain 丷 on the field 田 as under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly.)

Mnemonic
 
The feeling I had formerly is hate.

Radicals

忄 feelingsRadical name: risshin
丷 way outThis radical is understood as "something coming out", such as steam.
曽 formerly, beforeFrom top: out of 丷, field 田, sun 日. Out of the fields rises the sun as before.




 Vocabulary

憎い にくい  hateful, abominable, poor-looking, detestable
憎しみ にくしみ  hatred
憎む にくむ  to hate, to detest
憎らしい にくらしい  odious, hateful
愛憎 あいにく  likes and dislikes

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