Memory phrase for the character: 是

是

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Meaning

right, just so, proper, this

Pronunciation

ZE
kore

Explanation

 Top: sun 日, below: correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct)

Mnemonic
 
The sun looks correctly: That is right.

Radicals

是 right, proper, this
日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
正 correct




 Vocabulary

是非 ぜひ  certainly, without fail
是正 ぜせい  correction, revision

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