Memory phrase for the character: 票

票

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Meaning

vote, ballot

Pronunciation

 HYŌ

Explanation

 Top: west 覀/西 (Sunset of the sun 日 under the horizon 一 in the west), below: to show 示/礻 (image of an altar 丁 with sth. 一 on that is shown.)

Mnemonic
 
In the west you show your vote in a ballot/poll.

Radicals

票 vote, ballotIt is flat 一, there can be two || next to each other and it is flat 口 and you show 示 it: The note at a ballot.
西 westThe upper stroke 一 can be seen as the horizon, with variations of sun 日 and two legs 儿, which stand for a downward motion: Below the horizon sinks the sun (at sunset) in the west.
礻 to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of "to show" 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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 Vocabulary

票 ひょう  label, ballot, ticket, sign
投票 とうひょう  voting, poll

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