Memory phrase for the character: 擦

擦

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Meaning

rub, grind, grate, scrape, scrub, chafe, scour

Pronunciation

 SATSU
suru/reru, kosuru

Explanation

 Left: hand 扌, right: investigate 察 (The house-宀 festival 祭 is investigated [festival 祭 = Meat 月/肉 is put by hand on the altar 示/礻for the festival of sacrifice.]

Mnemonic
 
The hand investigates sth. by rubbing it.

Radicals

扌 handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
祭 festivalA body part 月 (simplified from flesh/meat 肉) is put by hand 又 on an altar 示 at festival (of sacrifice).
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 Vocabulary

摩擦 まさつ  friction, rubbing, rubdown, chafe
擦る かする  to rub, to chafe, to file, to strike (match)
擦る こする  to rub, to chafe, to file, to strike (match)
擦る する  to rub, to chafe, to file, to strike (match)
擦れる すれる  to rub, to chafe, to wear, to become sophisticated

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