Memory phrase for the character: 標

標

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Meaning

sign, signpost, mark, symbol

Pronunciation

HYŌ
shirushi

Explanation

 Left: tree 木, right: vote, ballot 票 (I insert the ballot 一 through the slot || of the ballot box 口 on the altar 示: When I vote.) [標木 = ひょうぼく = marking pole]

Mnemonic
 
(The tree as a boundary marker:) The tree 木 in the west 覀 shows 示 that it is a signpost.

Radicals

木 tree
票 vote, ballotI insert the ballot 一 through the slot || of the ballot box 口 on the altar 示: When I vote.
西 westThe upper stroke 一 can be seen as the horizon, with variations of sun 日 and two legs 儿, which stand for a downward motion: Below the horizon sinks the sun (at sunset) in the west.
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.




 Vocabulary

標し しるし  Sign, signal
標準 ひょうじゅん  standard, level
標識 ひょうしき  sign, mark
道路標識 どうろひょうしき  road sign, signpost
座標 ざひょう  coordinate(s)
標本 ひょうほん  example, specimen
標語 ひょうご  motto, slogan, catchword
目標 もくひょう  mark, objective, target

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