Memory phrase for the Kanji: 腕


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Meaning arm, ability, skill

Pronunciation

WAN
ude

Explanation

Left: body 月/肉, right: address 宛 (The roof 宀 under which I fall at the evening 夕 into a slumped 㔾 position: that is my address.)

Mnemonic


 
My body collapses under the roof at the (live's) evening into a slumped person, but my arms are still capable/skilled.

Radicals

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 still has the meaning 'body part'.
ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
slumped evening
collapsed Person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)
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 Vocabulary

辣腕 らつわん  shrewdness, astuteness, acumen
うで  arm, skill, ability
腕前 うでまえ  ability, skill, facility

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