Memory phrase for the character: 宙

宙

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Meaning

space, mid-air, sky

Pronunciation

 CHŪ

Explanation

 Top: roof 宀, below: reason/cause 由 (Here: A rocket丨starts from a rice field 田.)

Mnemonic
 
Through the roof the rocket is starting from the field into: space.

Radicals

宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
由 reason, causeFirst, the root shoot 丨 bursts its shell 田 (cf. armor, shield 甲). And this gives the sprout丨 on the field 田 its reason 由.
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 Vocabulary

宇宙 うちゅう  universe, cosmos, space
宙返り ちゅうがえり  somersault, looping-the-loop
宇宙船 うちゅうせん  spaceship
宇宙飛行士 うちゅうひこうし  astronaut, Cosmonaut

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