Memory phrase for the Kanji: 透
透
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Meaning
transparent, permeate, clear, translucent
Pronunciation
TŌ su ku/kasu/keru
Explanation
Left: movement 辶, right: excellent 秀 (= A rice plant 禾 plump like a 'pregnancy belly' 乃 is excellent.)
Mnemonic
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(The praise because he cleaned the windows for the first time in 10 years:) Excellent, this movement, and it became transparent again.
Radicals
辶
movement The radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
秀
excellent A rice plant 禾 as plump as a pregnant belly 乃 is excellent. (乃 is considered a pregnancy belly because it is used in 'pregant' む [はら~む] where a child comes out of it).
禾
rice plant It shows the ear/spike of a rice plant. The ripe rice-grain has this radical: 米.
乃
pregnancy belly The meaning of this radical is based on 孕む (はら~む), which means: "to become pregnant". It is read such that the child 子 comes out of the womb 乃.
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Vocabulary
透き通る
すきとおる
to be(come) transparent
5921
透明
とうめい
transparency, cleanness
5922
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