Memory phrase for the Kanji: 萎


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Meaning wither, weaken, wilt, droop

Pronunciation

I
naeru

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: to entrust 委 (Rice plant 禾 can women 女 be entrusted.)

Mnemonic


 
The plants I entrusted you, are all withered.

Radicals

plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
rice plantIt shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe rice-grain has this radical: 米.
womanThe stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja.
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 Vocabulary

萎える なえる  to wither
萎縮 いしゅく  shrinking, withering
萎びる しなびる  to wilt, to fade

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