Memory phrase for the character: 装

装

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Meaning

cloth, wear, dress, equip

Pronunciation

SŌ, SHŌ
yosōu

Explanation

 Top: robust, strong 壮 (The bed 丬 of the samurai 士 is robust), bottom: clothes 衣

Mnemonic
 
Robust clothes are clothes that dresses you.

Radicals

壮 robust, manly
丬 bedShows a sliced tree trunk. It is used as "bed". cf. 片
士 samuraiA proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".
衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is also used in a simplified form as 巾.




 Vocabulary

包装 ほうそう  packing, wrapping
装置 そうち  equipment, installation, apparatus
服装 ふくそう  garments
武装 ぶそう  arms, armament, armed
盛装 せいそう  be dressed up, wear rich clothes
舗装 ほそう  pavement, road surface
衣装 いしょう  clothing, dress, outfit, garment
装備 そうび  equipment
装飾 そうしょく  ornament

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