Memory phrase for the character: 壁


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Meaning

wall, barrier

Pronunciation

HEKI
kabe

Explanation

Top: anal penetration/torture 辟 (buttock from the side 尸, anus 口 with needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture), below: earth/ground 土

Mnemonic


 
Anal penetration on the ground behind a wall.

Radicals

torture, anal penetrationanal penetration/torture (buttock from the side 尸, opening/anus 口, needle 辛 as symbol for penetration or torture) [Actually 針 stands for needle and 辛 is understood as the image of a tattoo needle that also stands for: bitter.]
hot, spicyIs composed of standing 立 and ten 十. In reference to "needle" 針 (= はり), the ten can be seen as a needle. Thus, somehow the feeling of standing on a needle is expressed.
earthground, soil
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 Vocabulary

かべ  wall
岸壁 がんぺき  quay, wharf

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