Memory phrase for the Kanji: 堀


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Meaning moat, ditch, canal

Pronunciation

KUTSU
hori

Explanation

Left: earth , right: stoop/crouch (The buttock [= butt's crack] comes out when stooping. = "plumber's crack or smile")

Mnemonic


 
It is in the ground and you need to crouch into: a moat or ditch.

Radicals

earthground, soil
buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse . But because of its use in tail , buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
crouch, stoop, bendingThink to the "carpenter crack", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches. The mnemonic: "The butt comes out, when crouching.
come out
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 Vocabulary

ほり  moat, canal


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