Memory phrase for the Kanji: 辛


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Meaning bitter, hot, spicy, acrid

Pronunciation

SHIN
karai, tsurai

Explanation

Image of a needle for tattooing

Mnemonic


 
The tattooing needle is bitter and hot (in taste).

Radicals

hot, spicyIs composed of standing 立 and ten 十. In reference to "needle" 針 (= はり), the ten can be seen as a needle. Thus, somehow the feeling of standing on a needle is expressed.
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 Vocabulary

辛い からい  hot, very spicy, pepper taste, salted
塩辛い しおからい  salty (taste)
辛い つらい  painful, heart-breaking
辛抱 しんぼう  patience, endurance
香辛料 こうしんりょう  spices

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