Memory phrase for the Kanji: 察

察

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Meaning investigate, judge, guess, realize, consider

Pronunciation

SATSU

Explanation

Top: roof 宀, below: festival 祭 (Meat 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示 for the festival (of sacrifice)

Mnemonic
 
The house festival has to be investigated.

Radicals

宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
祭 festivalA body part 月 (simplified from flesh/meat 肉) is put by hand 又 on an altar 示 at festival (of sacrifice).
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 Vocabulary

察する さっする  to guess, to sense, to presume, to judge
警察官 けいさつかん  policeman
視察 しさつ  inspection, observation
観察 かんさつ  observation, survey
診察 しんさつ  medical examination
警察 けいさつ  police

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