Memory phrase for the Kanji: 泥


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Meaning mud, dirt, mire, adhere to

Pronunciation

DEI
doro, nazumu

Explanation

Left: water , right: nun 尼 (On her buttocks is sitting the nun.)

Mnemonic


 
The water, in which the nun is sitting, is muddy.

Radicals

waterThe radical sanzui is a short form of water
buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse . But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
sitting personThe Radical sajinohi means "spoon". But due to its appearance is typically used as a "sitting person". In few cases however, it is understood as claws (i.e. of a bear).
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 Vocabulary

泥酔 でいすい  being dead drunk
泥沼 どろぬま  Swamp, morass, Quagmire
泥流 でいりゅう  (volcanic) mud flow, Mudslide
どろ  mud
泥棒 どろぼう  thief, burglar, robber, theft
泥炭 でいたん  peat (turf)

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