Memory phrase for the character: 秒

秒

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Meaning

second (of time)

Pronunciation

 BYŌ

Explanation

 Left: rice plant 禾, right: little 少 (Such a small 小 stroke ノ is too little.)

Mnemonic
 
To (plant) a rice plant, you need as little as one second.

Radicals

禾 rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe rice-grain has this radical: 米.
少 few
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 Vocabulary

秒針 びょうしん  second hand (of clock)
秒 びょう  second (60th min)

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