Memory phrase for the character: 挿

挿

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Meaning

insert, put into

Pronunciation

 SŌ
sasu

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: not etymological: vehicle 車 with additional wheels 重 [=heavy], however two 二 are missing

Mnemonic
 
By hand the missing double-wheel 二 is adding to the [heavy] vehicle by: inserting it.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
重 heavyA vehicle 車 with double 二 wheels is for the heavy.
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 Vocabulary

挿す さす  to insert, to put in, to graft, to wear in belt

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