Memory phrase for the character: 村

村

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Meaning

village

Pronunciation

SON
mura

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: skillful hand, to measure 寸

Mnemonic
 
(In the past, a palisade [= fence] served to defend the village.) Trees were erected with skillful hands to protect: the village.

Radicals

木 tree
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 Vocabulary

村長 そんちょう  village chief
村 むら  village
漁村 ぎょそん  fishing village
農村 のうそん  agricultural community, farm village

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