Memory phrase for the character: 疑

疑

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Meaning

doubt, distrust, suspect

Pronunciation

 GI
utagau

Explanation

 Left: seated person 匕, arrow 矢; right: bent person マ, correct 正

Mnemonic
 
Both persons have an arrow, whether if it's the correct one, they doubt.

Radicals

疑 doubt
匕 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).
マ bend person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending 卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
矢 arrowAn arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.
正 correct
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 Vocabulary

疑問 ぎもん  question, problem, doubt, guess
疑う うたがう  to doubt, to distrust, to be suspicious of, to suspect
疑惑 ぎわく  doubt, misgivings, distrust, suspicion
質疑 しつぎ  question

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