Memory phrase for the character: 涯

涯

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Meaning

limits, boundary, shore, horizon

Pronunciation

GAI
hate

Explanation

 From left: water 氵, right: precipice 厓 (cliff 厂 of piled/cumulated earth 圭 [= 2x earth 土])

Mnemonic
 
Water, a cliff, or piles of earth can (each) be a limit.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
厂 cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.
圭 piled earthtwice earth 土 about each other




 Vocabulary

生涯 しょうがい  one's lifetime (i.e., one's existance until death)

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