Memory phrase for the character: 触

触

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Meaning

touch, sensing, contact, feel

Pronunciation

SHOKU
fureru, sawaru

Explanation

 Left: corner, horn 角, right: insect 虫

Mnemonic
 
The "horns" (= antennas or feelers) of insects (i.e. snails) are for: touching and sensing.

Radicals

角 corner, hornIt's best to understood it as the head 用 of a cow with only one horn ⺈?
虫 insectThe body 口 and the sting ム of an insect




 Vocabulary

感触 かんしょく  sense of touch, feeling, sensation
接触 せっしょく  touch, contact
触る さわる  to touch, to feel
触れる ふれる  to touch (on a subject), to violate (law, copyright, etc.), to be emotionally moved

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