Memory phrase for the character: 蹴


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Meaning

kick, refuse (a request)

Pronunciation

SHŪ
keru

Explanation

Left: foot 足 (kneecap 口 and a footprint 止), right: be involved/get a position 就 (capital 京 [image of a stone lantern], var. of dog 犬)

Mnemonic


 
Use your foot in the capital against dogs to kick them away.

Radicals

footIt shows at the top a kneecap 口 and at the bottom a foot-print 止.
capitalA stone lantern as a symbol for the capital.
dogShows big 大, as a broad-legged person with arms stretched out wide, holding a small dog 丶.




 Vocabulary

蹴る ける  to kick
蹴飛ばす けとばす  to kick away, to kick off, to refuse


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