Memory phrase for the Kanji: 逆

逆

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GYAKU
sakarau

Left: movement 辶, right: (Chinese only:) disobedient or opposing 屰 (out of 丷, one 一, var. of mountain 山 with one middle peak up- and downwards ノ

When the peaks of moving mountains are in different directions, it stands for: "reverse"

辶	movement	The radical shinnyuu* stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴*
屰	opposite	chinese only: (see the difference vs. barracks/camp: 屯)
丷	way out

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逆らう	さからう	to go against, to opposem disobey, defy
逆	ぎゃく	reverse, opposite
逆さ	さかさ	reverse, inversion, upside down
逆立ち	さかだち	handstand, headstand
逆様	さかさま	inversion, upside down
逆転	ぎゃくてん	(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around

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