Memory phrase for the Kanji: 徳

徳

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Meaning virtue, merit

Pronunciation

TOKU

Explanation

Left: go 彳, right: ten 十, eye 罒, heart 心

Mnemonic
 
Going with ten eyes and one heart demands virtue.

Radicals

彳 to walkRadical gyounin This is the half form of 行 gyougamae
十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
罒 eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye, whereas eye is also: 目. In some combinations this radical is seen as a net for fishing.
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

徳 とく  virtue, benevolence
功徳 くどく  pious act, good deed, Merit
徳川 とくがわ  Tokugawa (shogunate during the Edo period)
道徳 どうとく  morals

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