Memory phrase for the character: 点

点

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Meaning

point, dot, spot

Pronunciation

 TEN

Explanation

 Top: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told) bottom: fire 灬

Mnemonic
 
Fortune telling over the fire: There you get to the point!

Radicals

占 fortune telling
卜 fortune tellingThis radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.
灬 fireBoth the radicals renga 灬 and hi 火 are used for fire.
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 Vocabulary

点 てん  spot, mark, point, dot
氷点下 ひょうてんか  below point of freezing
点ける つける  (uk) to turn on, to switch on, to light up
点く つく  to catch fire, (electricity) comes on
弱点 じゃくてん  weak point, weakness
採点 さいてん  marking, grading, looking over
交差点 こうさてん  Crossing
句点 くてん  period, full stop
頂点 ちょうてん  top, summit

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