Memory phrase for the Kanji: 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


 
Under the press the bent person is stamped.

Radicals

to press, pushThis character appears like the left half of mortar 臼, which shows hands E,ヨ pressing from both sides.
bending personThis radical is typically described as "seal". However for the mnemonics the meaning "bending person" appears to be better.
bent personShows 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

しるし  mark, symbol, evidence
印刷 いんさつ  printing
印鑑 いんかん  stamp, seal
矢印 やじるし  directing arrow
第一印象 だいいちいんしょう  first impression​
印象 いんしょう  impression
目印 めじるし  mark, sign, landmark
調印 ちょういん  signature, sign, sealing

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