Memory phrase for the character: 際


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Meaning

edge, brink, occasion, verge

Pronunciation

SAI
kiwa

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: festival 祭 (Meat 月/肉 is put by hand /又 on the altar 示 at the festival of sacrifice.)

Mnemonic


 
(If the party is too loud, shouldn't you celebrate in the center:) We're having the party on the hill because the occasion is at the edge.

Radicals

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.)
festivalA body part 月 (simplified from flesh/meat 肉) is put by hand 又 on an altar 示/礻 at festival (of sacrifice.




 Vocabulary

きわ  Edge
国際 こくさい  international
さい  on the occasion of, circumstances
交際 こうさい  company, friendship, association, acquaintance
実際 じっさい  practical, actual condition, status quo
手際 てぎわ  performance, skill, tact
援助交際 えんじょこうさい  paid dating (with underaged)


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