Memory phrase for the Kanji: 英

英

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Meaning excellent, England, excel

Pronunciation

EI

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, below: center 央 (The yoke 冂 on the shoulders of the big 大 man is centered.)

Mnemonic
 
The plant in the center is excellent, as England.

Radicals

艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
央 center
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
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 Vocabulary

英語 えいご  the English language
英和 えいわ  English-Japanese (e.g. dictionary)
英字 えいじ  English letter (character)
英文 えいぶん  sentence in English
英雄 えいゆう  hero, great man

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