Memory phrase for the Kanji: 褒

褒

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Meaning praise, reward, laudable, admire

Pronunciation

HŌ
homeru

Explanation

Above + below: Clothes 衣, in between: protect/keep 保 (The person 人 wants a fence 口 for the tree 木 to protect it.)

Mnemonic
 
You have to praise him for protecting his clothes. - (cf. 哀 - Because otherwise the clothes 衣 get a hole ロ and you grieve: 哀 [=あわ-れ])

Radicals

衣 clothingThe radical koromo 衣 is often used in a simplified stroke count as 巾.
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 Vocabulary

褒める ほめる  to praise, to admire, to speak well
褒美 ほうび  reward, prize

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