Memory phrase for the character: 擦

擦

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Meaning

rub, grind, grate, scrape, scrub, chafe, scour

Pronunciation

SATSU
suru/reru, kosuru

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (Due to the cover 宀 over the sacrifice 月, we want to know what is sacrificed and that is investigated.) [festival = sacrifice = 祭 = The body 月/肉 is put by hand /又 on the altar 示 to sacrifice.]

Mnemonic
 
The hand investigates by rubbing.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
祭 festivalA body part 月 (simplified from flesh/meat 肉) is put by hand 又 on an altar 示/礻 at festival (of sacrifice.
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.




 Vocabulary

擦る こする  to rub, to chafe, to file, to strike (match)
擦る かする  to rub, to chafe, to file, to strike (match)
擦る する  to rub, to chafe, to file, to strike (match)
摩擦 まさつ  friction, rubbing, rubdown, chafe
擦れる すれる  to rub, to chafe, to wear, to become sophisticated
擦り傷 すりきず  scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion

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