Memory phrase for the Kanji: 側


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Meaning side, vicinity

Pronunciation

SOKU
kawa, gawa, soba

Explanation

Left: person /, right: rule (Money [= the capital] and knifes [= violence] determine the rules.)

Mnemonic


 
The person with the rules (= the referee) is at the side. (of the play ground)

Radicals

personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" , and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
rule, follow
moneyshell a cowries-shell (used as money)
cutVariation of sword
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 Vocabulary

かわ  Page (of something), side
側面 そくめん  side, flank, sidelight, lateral
そば  side, edge, near, close, vincinity
両側 りょうがわ  both sides
縁側 えんがわ  veranda, porch, balcony, open corridor
右側 みぎがわ  right side
左側 ひだりがわ  left side


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