Memory phrase for the Kanji: 塀


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Meaning wall, fence

Pronunciation

HEI

Explanation

Left: earth 土, right: buttocks in side view 尸, to unite 并 (When coming out 丷 of a the gate 开 (= image of a toori) of a shinto-shrine you shall be united)

Mnemonic


 
Made of earth to unite the buttocks within: The wall or the fence.

Radicals

earthground, soil
buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
put together, uniteWhen you are coming out 丷 of a buddhist temple 开 you shall be united. - [开 = image of a temple's entrance gate with double upper traverses, which actually means "open 開", as these gates have no door]
well
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 Vocabulary

へい  wall, fence


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