Memory phrase for the Kanji: 渡

渡

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Meaning cross, hand over, go across

Pronunciation

TO
wataru/su

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: degree/extent 度 (In this building 广 is an object 廿, I take in my hand 又 to measure the degrees various times.)

Mnemonic
 
Water of this degree (temperature or depth) can be crossed.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
广 buildingRadical: madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff.
廿 various
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 Vocabulary

橋渡し はしわたし  bridge building, mediation
渡す わたす  to pass over, to hand over
渡り鳥 わたりどり  migratory bird, bird of passage
渡る わたる  to cross over, to go across
見渡す みわたす  to look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive view of

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