Memory phrase for the character: 詩

詩

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Meaning

poetry

Pronunciation

SHI

Explanation

 Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: temple 寺 (from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)

Mnemonic
 
The words at the temple are poems.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
寺 Temple




 Vocabulary

詩 し  poem, verse of poetry
詩人 しじん  poet
詩美 しび  poetic beauty, beauty of a poem

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