Memory phrase for the Kanji: 窟


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Meaning cave, cavern

Pronunciation

KUTSU

Explanation

Top: cave/hole (It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the cave), below: stoop/crouch (The buttock [=butt's crack] comes out when stooping: = "plumber's crack or smile")

Mnemonic


 
A hole where you have to stoop is a cave.

Radicals

OpeningAlso: hole, cavity, cavern - It is covered and a narrowing path leads into the hole / cave.
buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse . But because of its use in tail , buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
crouch, stoop, bendingThink to the "carpenter crack", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches. The mnemonic: "The butt comes out, when crouching.
come out
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 Vocabulary


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