Memory phrase for the character: 贈

贈

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Meaning

present, give

Pronunciation

ZŌ, SŌ
okuru

Explanation

 Left: shell/money 貝, right: formerly, before 曽 (At rain 丷 on the field 田 and under the sun 日, that's how we worked formerly)

Mnemonic
 
If I had money as formerly, I would give it as a present.

Radicals

貝 moneyShows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.
曽 formerly, beforeFrom top: out of 丷, field 田, sun 日. Out of the fields rises the sun as before.
丷 way outThis radical is understood as "something coming out", such as steam.




 Vocabulary

寄贈 きぞう  donation, present, gift
贈り物 おくりもの  present, gift
贈る おくる  to send, to give to, to award to, to confer on

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