Memory phrase for the Kanji: 覚

覚

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Meaning remember, memorize, wake up

Pronunciation

KAKU
oboeru, sameru

Explanation

From top: light rays a cover 冖 (here both: crown ), watch/see 見 (= The eye 目 is on legs 儿 when looking around.).

Mnemonic
 
It is the "crown" on what you saw, if you can remember when waking up.

Radicals

見 to seeThe wandering eye 目 on legs 儿 means to see.
Crown
儿 moving feetRadical: hitoashi
sun beams
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 Vocabulary

覚える おぼえる  to remember, to memorize
目覚める めざめる  to wake up
覚める さめる  to wake, to wake up
自覚 じかく  self-conscious
味覚 みかく  taste, sense of taste, palate
感覚 かんかく  sense, sensation, sensory perception
聴覚 ちょうかく  the sense of hearing
目覚し めざまし  (abbr) alarm-clock, to wake up
目覚しい めざましい  splendid, brilliant, remarkable

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