Memory phrase for the Kanji: 啓


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Meaning disclose, enlighten, illuminate, state

Pronunciation

KEI

Explanation

Top: door , hit, strike (bang) (hand with a stick ), below: opening

Mnemonic


 
When the door opens with a bang into an opening, things get disclosed.

Radicals

doorThe radical "todare" shows a sliding door mounted in an upper guide/rail.
Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or that holds a stick (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick in the hand is easily cognizable.)
mouthA small square stands for the mouth, and a big square is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

啓発 けいはつ  enlightenment, development, edification
謹啓 きんけい  Dear Mr., Mrs. (in written)
拝啓 はいけい  Dear (so and so)


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