Memory phrase for the character: 釈


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Meaning

explain, release, solve

Pronunciation

SHAKU
toku

Explanation

Left: ripe rice-plant 釆 (combination of rice plant 禾 and rice 米), right: measure of length 尺 (from the body 口 one foot 八 forward = 1 Shaku = 30.3 cm)

Mnemonic


 
The ripe rice plants are measured in Shaku, that's the explanation.

Radicals

rice & rice plantThe radical: nogome is understood as a merge of rice-plant 禾 and rice 米
Shaku




 Vocabulary

会釈 えしゃく  greeting, recognition, bow
解釈 かいしゃく  explanation, interpretation
英文解釈 えいぶんかいしゃく  interpreting an English text
拡大解釈 かくだいかいしゃく  broad interpretation
希釈; 稀釈 きしゃく  delution


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