Memory phrase for the character: 稽

稽

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Meaning

practice, consider, think

Pronunciation

KEI

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: var. of dog 犬, tasty, sweet, purpose 旨 (He is sitting 匕 in the sun 日 and enjoys the tasty)

Mnemonic
 
In the rice plants is the dog for the purpose of practice.

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The rice-grain has this radical: 米 and the ripe rice plant is this combination: 釆.
犬 dogShows big 大, as a broad-legged person with arms stretched out wide, holding a small dog 丶.
旨 delicious, tastydelicious, tasty, relish, sweet, purpose, skillful, expert
匕 sitting personThe Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).




 Vocabulary

滑稽 こっけい  funny, humorous, laughable, ridiculous, joking
稽古 けいこ  practice, training, study

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