Memory phrase for the Kanji: 渓

渓

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Meaning mountain stream, gorge, ravine

Pronunciation

KEI

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right top: hand reaching down 爫, below: husband 夫 (= big 大 person with extra-caring arms 一)

Mnemonic
 
Into the raging water, a hand grabs the husband and saves him out of the mountain stream at the gorge.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
爫 grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
夫 husbandLike a big 大 person with another pair of arms, as caring arms.
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 Vocabulary

渓谷 けいこく  valley, canyon
渓流 けいりゅう  mountain stream

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