Memory phrase for the character: 搾


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Meaning

squeeze, press, wring

Pronunciation

SAKU
shiboru

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: hole, cave 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), while, during 乍 (image of a saw 乍; cf. 作 where a person 亻uses it 乍 to make sth.)

Mnemonic


 
When a hand makes a hole with a saw, its material is 'squeezed out'.

Radicals

handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
OpeningIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
sawThe saw has its handle ノ at the upper left.




 Vocabulary

搾る しぼる  to press, to squeeze, to wring
搾乳 さくにゅう  milking


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