Memory phrase for the Kanji: 控


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Meaning refrain, withdraw, wait, restrain, make note

Pronunciation


hikaeru

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: sky 空 (When a hole 穴 is built 工 in, it opens: the sky.)

Mnemonic


 
The hand that wants to build a hole (= to demolish), should be refrained and noted.

Radicals

handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
OpeningIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
buildCross sectional view of a H-steel beam for building or making.
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 Vocabulary

控除 こうじょ  subsidy, deduction
控える ひかえる  to draw in, to hold back, to make notes
控室 ひかえしつ  waiting room

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