Memory phrase for the character: 潮

潮

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Meaning

seawater, tide

Pronunciation

CHŌ
shio

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: morning 朝 - BETTER: lake 湖, having the part: "old 古" both normal and upside-down to show changing directions of the tides.

Mnemonic
 
The lake with changing directions stands for: seawater & tides.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
朝 morningThe left part already stands for sunrise and is a variant of the sunrise 旦, where the sun is above the horizon. When the moon 月 is still there, it is the morning. The sunset is: 莫.
古 oldPicture of a gravestone
月 monthThe radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However the radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon".




 Vocabulary

潮 しお  tide, ebb and flood, salt water, opportunity

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