Memory phrase for the character: 転

転

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roll, turn, tumble

TEN
korogeru

Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: fog 云 (cf. cloud 雲)

With a vehicle in the fog you only can roll, or you will tumble.

車	vehicle	A hand-cart seen from the top, with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二.
云	fog	云 has the meaning "fog" only in Chinese. This original meaning is still visible in: cloud 雲. In Japanese it has the meaning to say/speak 云. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used.

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転がす	ころがす	to roll
転がる	ころがる	to roll, to tumble
自転車	じてんしゃ	bicycle
運転手	うんてんしゅ	driver, chauffeur
転ぶ	ころぶ	to fall down, to fall over
運転	うんてん	operation, motion, driving
逆転	ぎゃくてん	(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around
転落	てんらく	fall, degradation, slump, spill
転校	てんこう	change schools

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