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 ...
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​
第二次世界大戦 だいにじせかいたいせん  Second World War

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