Memory phrase for the Kanji: 更

更

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Meaning renew, anew, change, fresh, again

Pronunciation

KŌ
sara, fukeru/kasu

Explanation

Center: sun 日, rest: measure of length 丈 (big 大 person measures with long step distance of 3m)

Mnemonic
 
The sun 日 shows it size 大 renewedly again.

Radicals

日 day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
更 renewed
丈 measure of length
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 Vocabulary

変更 へんこう  change, modification, alteration
夜更け よふけ  late at night
夜更し よふかし  staying up late, keeping late hours, sitting up late at night, nighthawk
更ける ふける  to get late, to advance, to wear on
更に さらに  (uk) furthermore, again, after all, more and more, moreover

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