Memory phrase for the Kanji: 忌

忌

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Meaning mourning, abhor, odious, repugnant

Pronunciation

KI
imu/mawashii

Explanation

Top: I/myself 己 (Following the winding path I find myself), bottom: heart 心.

Mnemonic
 
My own heart is mourning.

Radicals

己 I, myself
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

忌まわしい いまわしい  abominable, disgusting, unsavory
忌 き  mourning, abstinence
忌み嫌う いみきらう  to detest, to abhor, to loathe

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