Memory phrase for the Kanji: 済


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Meaning finish, end, settle (i.e. a dispute)

Pronunciation

SAI, SEI
sumu/masu

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: equal 斉 (For writing a text you need a sheet 亅丨 with lines 二 to make it equal/uniform.)

Mnemonic


 
With water or the like you can bring things to an end. (just rinse it away)

Radicals

waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
equal, similar
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 Vocabulary

経済 けいざい  economics, business, finance, economy
救済 きゅうさい  relief, aid, rescue, salvation, help
済ます すます  to finish, to get it over with, to settle, to pay back
済ませる すませる  to be finished
済む すむ  to finish, to end, to be completed
返済 へんさい  repayment
解決済み かいけつずみ  resolved, settled


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