Memory phrase for the Kanji: 当


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Meaning hit the target, expose, apply, really

Pronunciation


ataru

Explanation

Top: small , bottom: a hand ヨ

Mnemonic


 
It is as small as a hand, but we hit the target!

Radicals

smallA person | with two arms close to the body is small (compare with big , which is a person with widely spread arms and legs).
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,. 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
当たる あたる  to be hit, to be successful, to face (confront)
お弁当 おべんとう  box lunch
当然 とうぜん  naturally, as a matter of course
坪当たり つぼあたり  measured tsubo (area)
適当 てきとう  suitability, fitness, adequacy, relevance
該当 がいとう  corresponding, answering to, coming under
見当 けんとう  be found, aim, mark, estimate, guess, approx, direction
突き当たる つきあたる  to run into, to collide with

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