Memory phrase for the Kanji: 私

私

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Meaning I, myself, personal

Pronunciation

SHI
wata(ku)shi

Explanation

Left: rice plant 禾, right: nose ム

Mnemonic
 
Next to the rice plant with the nose: that's me.

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe grain of rice has this radical: 米.
ム noseThis radical is typically understood as a nose in a sideview that is seen from the left.
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 Vocabulary

私 わたくし  (humble) I,myself
私 わたし  I, myself, private affairs
私有 しゆう  private ownership
私物 しぶつ  private property, personal effects
私用 しよう  personal use, private business
私立 しりつ  private (establishment)
私鉄 してつ  private railway

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