Memory phrase for the character: 辣

辣

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Meaning

bitter, harsh

Pronunciation

 RATSU

Explanation

 Left: hot, bitter 辛 (needle for tattoo), right: bundle 束 (Things 木,禾 strapped with a ribbon 口 to a bundle)

Mnemonic
 
(The bitter taste is dominant:) If sth. bitter is in a bundle, it is still bitter and harsh.

Radicals

辛 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.
束 bundle, sheaf(Things 木,禾 bound with a ribbon 口 to a bundle)
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 Vocabulary

辣腕 らつわん  shrewdness, astuteness, acumen

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