Memory phrase for the Kanji: 細

細

Kanji-Trainer

Meaning narrow, thin, fine

Pronunciation

SAI
hosoi, komakai

Explanation

Left: thread 糸, right: field 田 (Is understood here as a large rice field 囗 with four inner water or flooding areas separated by dams or paths 十)

Mnemonic
 
Like threads are the dams 十 within the rice field: so narrow.

Radicals

糸 thread
田 rice field
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

繊細 せんさい  delicate, sensitive, subtle
細い ほそい  thin, slender, fine
細かい こまかい  small, in detail, exact
細工 さいく  work, craftsmanship, tactics, trick
細面 ほそおもて  slender face, narrow face
心細い こころぼそい  helpless, hopeless, lonely, discouraging
細やか こまやか  meagre, modest
細胞 さいぼう  cell (biology)
細菌 さいきん  bacillus, bacterium, germ

List of the characters | List of the radicals
Get the app of the Kanji-Trainer!

The app has many other functions, such as character selection according to difficulty, practice programs, handwriting recognition and success statistics!

To the Trainer