Memory phrase for the Kanji: 暮


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Meaning live, sunset, end, life circumstances

Pronunciation

BO
kureru/rasu

Explanation

Top: sinking/going down 莫 (The plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 [= as long shadows] at sunset.), bottom: sun 日 [Notice: means sunrise such as in 'morning 朝']

Mnemonic


 
The sinking sun means sunset. [OR: The plants 艹 needed from one sun 日 to the next big 大 sun 日 are the life circumstances.]

Radicals

to go down, to setThe plants 艹 are made by the sun 日 to be large 大 (= as long shadows) at sunset. - Please be aware that this very similar radical stands for the sunrise.
day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

夕暮れ ゆうぐれ  evening, (evening) twilight
暮らし くらし  living, livelihood, subsistence, circumstances
暮らす くらす  to live, to get along
暮れ くれ  year end, sunset, nightfall, end
暮れる くれる  to get dark, to end, to come to an end, to close, to run out

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