Memory phrase for the character: 詰
詰
Meaning
pack, fill, stuff, full Pronunciation
KITSU tsu mu/maru/meru
Explanation Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: good luck/fortune 吉 (= A samurai 士 with a full mouth 口 is happy.)
Mnemonic
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With words of good luck he is packed. Radicals
言
word, speech Sound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
吉
good luck Samurai 士, below: Mouth 口 (This radical is a simplification of 喜, where the samurai 士 has a bean 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy).
士
samurai A proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".
Vocabulary
瓶詰 びんづめ
bottling, bottled
4244
缶詰 かんづめ
packing (in cans), canning, canned goods, tin can
4972
見詰める
みつめる
(uk) to stare at, to gaze at, to look hard at, to watch intently, to fix one's eyes on
5408
詰まる つまる
(1) to be blocked, to be packed, (2) to hit the ball near the handle of the bat (baseball)
5542
詰める つめる
to pack, to shorten, to work out (details)
5543
詰る なじる
to rebuke, to scold, to tell off
5544
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