Memory phrase for the Kanji: 較

較

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Meaning comparison, contrast

Pronunciation

KAKU, KŌ

Explanation

Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: exchange/crossing 交 (from a pictograph of a person with crossed legs)

Mnemonic
 
Vehicles at a crossing are in a comparison. (i.e. of their speed)

Radicals

車 vehicleA hand-cart viewed from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
交 traffic, exchangeA picture of a crosslegged sitting person means to mix.
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 Vocabulary

比較 ひかく  comparison
比較的 ひかくてき  comparatively, relatively

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