Memory phrase for the Kanji: 辞


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Meaning word, address, speech, resign

Pronunciation

JI
yameru

Explanation

Left: tongue 舌, right: hot/bitter 辛 (needle used for tattoo)

Mnemonic


 
On the tongue it is too bitter: I stop my words.

Radicals

tongueThe radical shita stands for the tongue.
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

辞める やめる  to retire
賛辞 さんじ  praise, compliment, tribute
お世辞 おせじ  flattery, compliment
辞退 じたい  refusal
御辞儀 おじぎ  bow
辞典 じてん  dictionary
辞書 じしょ  dictionary, lexicon
御世辞 おせじ  flattery, compliment
辞職 じしょく  resignation

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