Memory phrase for the character: 戴

戴

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Meaning

be crowned with, (polite:) receive

Pronunciation

TAI
itadaku

Explanation

 From top: ten 十, halberd 戈; differ, strange 異 (Put a rice field 田 together 共 (with other fields) and you will see how different they are.)

Mnemonic
 
(The envoys of the neighboring kingdoms had different weapons:) Ten different halberds came to the coronation.

Radicals

十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
異 differ, strange
戈 halberd, spear, lanceThis radical kanohoko stands for halberd and is rather similar to the sabre shikigamae 弋 Other radicals with weapons are: 矛 殳 斤
共 together




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