Memory phrase for the character: 環

環

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Meaning

ring, circular, environment

Pronunciation

KAN
wa

Explanation

 Left: king 王, right: eye 罒 and a variation of sorrow 哀 (= Clothes 衣 with a big hole 口 causes sorrow.)

Mnemonic
 
The king's eyes have (tears of) sorrow when seeing the environment = 環境 [かんきょう].

Radicals

王 kingThe three 三 spheres (heaven, earth and mankind) unite in the person of the king.
罒 eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye with a central pupil ロ, whereas 'eye' is also: 目. This radical is sometimes seen as a net for fishing.
哀 to grieveClothes 衣 with a hole causes sorrow 口.




 Vocabulary

循環 じゅんかん  circulation, rotation, cycle
環境 かんきょう  environment, circumstance

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