Memory phrase for the Kanji: 偵
偵
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Meaning
spy, investigate, search
Pronunciation
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Explanation
Left: person 人, right: virtue 貞 (cf. chastity belt 貞操帯 [ていそうたい] - With a key 卜 for the lock 目 above the legs 八 for: the chastity/virtue)
Mnemonic
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A person who appears with such virtuous is probably a spy.
Radicals
亻
person This radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
卜
fortune telling This radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.
貝
money Shows a cowries-shell, which were used as money.
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Vocabulary
探偵
たんてい
detective, investigator
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