Memory phrase for the character: 敷

敷

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Meaning

spread out, cover, lay

Pronunciation

FU
shiku

Explanation

 Left: to begin 甫 (Image of the upper body with shoulders 一 and chest 月 with spine 丨and a bit of an ointment 丶), rest: let go/release 放 (In his side 方 he was striked 攵 / 攴, until he released)

Mnemonic
 
To the upper body something is "released", when spreading out (i.e. applying an ointment.)

Radicals

甫 to start, begin
放 release
方 direction
攵 Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)




 Vocabulary

敷設する ふせつする  laying (cable, railroad tracks, concrete ...)
屋敷 やしき  mansion
座敷 ざしき  tatami room
敷く しく  to spread out, to lay out
敷地 しきち  site

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