Memory phrase for the character: 隅

隅

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Meaning

corner, nook

Pronunciation

GŪ
sumi

Explanation

 Left: hill 阝, right: scorpion 禺 (Pictogram of a scorpion with a body 田, long legs 冂, and the stinger ム)

Mnemonic
 
On the hill, there are scorpions in every corner.

Radicals

阝 hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
禺 ScorpionThe scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.




 Vocabulary

隅田川 すみだがわ  Sumida River
隅 すみ  corner, nook
隅々 すみずみ  every corner; every nook

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