Memory phrase for the Kanji: 当
当
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Meaning
hit the target, expose, apply, really
Pronunciation
TŌ a taru
Explanation
Top: small 小 , bottom: a hand ヨ
Mnemonic
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It is as small as a hand, but we hit the target!
Radicals
小
small A person | with two arms 八 close to the body is small (compare with big 大 , which is a person with widely spread arms and legs).
hand Several characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌 , 手 ,ヨ,又 . The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
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Vocabulary
本当
ほんとう
truth, reality
3377
当たる
あたる
to be hit, to be successful, to face (confront)
2398
お弁当
おべんとう
box lunch
2332
当然
とうぜん
naturally, as a matter of course
2406
坪当たり
つぼあたり
measured tsubo (area)
6614
適当
てきとう
suitability, fitness, adequacy, relevance
6049
該当
がいとう
corresponding, answering to, coming under
5552
見当
けんとう
be found, aim, mark, estimate, guess, approx, direction
5391
突き当たる
つきあたる
to run into, to collide with
4703
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