Memory phrase for the Kanji: 適

適

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Meaning suitable, fit, agree

Pronunciation

TEKI

Explanation

Left: movement 辶, right: old emperor (combination of emperor 帝 and old 古)

Mnemonic
 
The old emperor moves suitable and fitting.

Radicals

辶 movementThe radical shinnyuu stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴
帝 emperorStand up 立 and cover 冖 with cloth 巾, the emperor 帝 comes. Sometimes it is mixed with "old" 古 to become the old emperor like at rival 敵.
古 oldPicture of a gravestone
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 Vocabulary

適する てきする  to fit, to suit
快適 かいてき  pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
適切 てきせつ  pertinent, appropriate, adequate, relevance
適宜 てきぎ  suitability
適度 てきど  moderate
適当 てきとう  suitability, fitness, adequacy, relevance
適応 てきおう  adaptation,accommodation, conformity
適性 てきせい  aptitude
適用 てきよう  applying

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