Memory phrase for the Kanji: 蔽


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Meaning cover, overlay

Pronunciation

HEI

Explanation

Top: grass/plant 艹, bottom: shabby 敝 (.. when the cloth 巾 broke into four small pieces due to strikes 攵) [攵 = hand 又 with stick ノ]

Mnemonic


 
On the lawn, four bits of cloth are (spread) with the stick in the hand: As a cover.

Radicals

plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
shabby
cloth, width巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".
Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)
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 Vocabulary

蔽う おおう  shield, cover
隠蔽 いんぺい  concealment, hiding

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