Memory phrase for the Kanji: 巣

巣

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Meaning nest, cobweb, lair

Pronunciation

SŌ
su

Explanation

Top: light, below: fruit 果 (The 'fields' 田 of the trees 木 are their fruits.)

Mnemonic
 
Three small birds are in a tree 木 in a nest 田.

Radicals

sun beams
果 FruitTop: field 田, below: tree 木 (Take 田 as placeholder for what grows at the tree).
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 Vocabulary

巣 す  nest, rookery, breeding place, beehive, cobweb
卵巣 らんそう  ovary
巣くう すくう  to build a nest

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