Memory phrase for the Kanji: 印
印
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Meaning
stamp, seal, sign, mark
Pronunciation
IN shirushi
Explanation
Left: hand press (like i.e. at mortar 臼), right: bent person 卩
Mnemonic
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Under the press the bent person is stamped.
Radicals
to press, push This character appears like the left half of mortar 臼, which shows hands E,ヨ pressing from both sides.
卩
bending person This radical is typically described as "seal". However for the mnemonics the meaning "bending person" appears to be better.
卩
bent person Shows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
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Vocabulary
印
しるし
mark, symbol, evidence
1180
印刷
いんさつ
printing
1181
印鑑
いんかん
stamp, seal
1183
矢印
やじるし
directing arrow
4540
第一印象
だいいちいんしょう
first impression
8527
印象
いんしょう
impression
1182
目印
めじるし
mark, sign, landmark
4432
調印
ちょういん
signature, sign, sealing
5596
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