Memory phrase for the character: 最

最

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Meaning

most, extremely, highest

Pronunciation

SAI
mottomo

Explanation

 Top: sun 日, bottom: to take, hold 取 (.. at the ear 耳 with the hand 又)

Mnemonic
 
(It illuminates everything, even the most remote corners:) The sun takes [with its shine] the extremely.

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
取 hold, take




 Vocabulary

最も もっとも  most, extremely
最近 さいきん  latest, most recent, nowadays
最期 さいご  one´s time of death, death, last moment
最後 さいご  end, last, conclusion
最初 さいしょ  beginning, outset, first, onset
最低 さいてい  least, lowest, worst, nasty, disgusting, horrible
最中 さいちゅう  in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst
最中 さなか  in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst
最善 さいぜん  the very best

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