Memory phrase for the Kanji: 剰


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Meaning surplus, too much

Pronunciation


amatsusae

Explanation

Left: get on/ride 乗 (vehicle 車 with open doors: ...get on for a ride.), right: knife 刂

Mnemonic


 
"Get in" with your knife and cut off what is too much. (Or: Understand 乗 as "to use" & when you use a knife, you get a surplus.)

Radicals

cutVariation of sword 刀
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 Vocabulary

過剰 かじょう  excess, over-


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