Memory phrase for the character: 誘


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Meaning

invite, ask, induce, tempt, lead

Pronunciation


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

word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
excellentA 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).
rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The rice-grain has this radical: 米 and the ripe rice plant is this combination: 釆.
pregnancy bellyThe 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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