Memory phrase for the Kanji: 第

第

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Meaning

grade, position, rank, order

Pronunciation

 DAI

Explanation

 Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: variation of younger brother 弟 (bow 弓 and feathered arrow λ)

Mnemonic

 With a bamboo (cane) I teach my younger brother his position (rank).

Radicals

竹 bamboo
弓 bowPictograph: bow without string.
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Vocabulary

 第  だい  number ...
 第二次世界大戦  だいにじせかいたいせん  Second World War
 落第  らくだい  fail a test or exam, dropping out of a class
 次第  しだい  order, precedence, circumstances, immediate(ly)
 第一印象  だいいちいんしょう  first impression​

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