Memory phrase for the Kanji: 歌


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Meaning sing, song

Pronunciation

KA
uta, utau

Explanation

Left: 2x possible 可 (A nail 丁 into this opening 口 should be possible.), right: lack, deficiency 欠 (The mouth wide open ⺈ of the yawning person 人 is lacking [i.e. manners])

Mnemonic


 
You can sing twice "ka", but there is still a deficiency in your singing.

Radicals

possibility
deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open ⺈ of a person 人 [when yawning] and stands for lack or deficiency. (perhaps a lack of good manners?)
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 Vocabulary

歌う うたう  to sing
歌手 かしゅ  singer
童歌 わらべうた  children´s song
歌謡 かよう  song, ballad
短歌 たんか  tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem
哀歌 あいか  elegy, sad song, lament (song)
唱歌 しょうか  singing, song​
賛美歌 さんびか  hymn, hymnal​
演歌 えんか  Enka (popular pop)

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