Memory phrase for the Kanji: 胸

胸

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Meaning chest, breast, bosom, heart

Pronunciation

KYŌ
mune, muna

Explanation

Left: body part 月/肉, right: 匈 (wrap 勹 and bad luck/disaster 凶 [The marked 㐅 container 凵 brings bad luck])

Mnemonic
 
The body's part that wraps a "void volume" is: the chest.

Radicals

肉 body part, meatThe radical niku is typically at the left side of a composition and drawn as: 月, which looks equal to: "moon, month 月" but has the meaning 'body part'.
勹 wrap
凶 bad luckThe container 凵 is marked with a cross 㐅 because it contains bad luck.
㐅 cross
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 Vocabulary

胸 むね  breast, chest
胸毛 むな･げ  chest hair
胸部 きょうぶ  chest; breast
度胸 どきょう  courage, bravery
大胸筋 だい･きょうきん  pectoralis major muscle

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