Memory phrase for the character: 誘

誘

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Meaning

invite, ask, induce, tempt, lead

Pronunciation

YŪ
sasou

Explanation

Left: word 言, right: excellent 秀 (= A rice plant 禾 plump like a 'pregnancy belly' 乃 is excellent.)

Mnemonic

With the words that there were rice plants for a round full belly, he invited her.

Radicals

言	word, speech	Sound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
秀	excellent	A rice plant 禾 as plump as a pregnant belly 乃 is excellent. (乃 is considered a pregnancy belly because it is used in 'pregant' 孕む [はら~む] where a child comes out of it).
禾	rice plant	It shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The rice-grain has this radical: 米 and the ripe rice plant is this combination: 釆.
乃	pregnancy belly	The meaning of this radical is based on 孕む (はら~む), which means: "to become pregnant". It is read such that the child 子 comes out of the womb 乃.

Vocabulary

誘拐	ゆうかい	abduction
勧誘	かんゆう	invitation, solicitation, inducement, persuasion, encouragement
誘う	さそう	(1) to invite, to ask, to call (for), (2) to tempt, to lure, to induce
誘導	ゆうどう	leading, guidance, introduction, incitement
誘惑	ゆうわく	temptation, allurement, lure

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