Memory phrase for the character: 曽


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Meaning

formerly, before

Pronunciation

SŌ, ZO

Explanation

From top: out of 丷 (here: rain), field 田, sun 日

Mnemonic


 
At rain on the field and under the sun, that's how we worked formerly.

Radicals

formerly, beforeFrom top: out of 丷, field 田, sun 日. Out of the fields rises the sun as before.
day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
way outThis radical is understood as "something coming out", such as steam.




 Vocabulary

ひい  former before


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