Memory phrase for the Kanji: 都

都

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Meaning town, city, metropolis

Pronunciation

TO, TSU
miyako

Explanation

Left: person 者 (The old man 耂 shows in the sun 日 his whole person.), right: village ⻏

Mnemonic
 
When (many) persons are in a village, it develops to: a city.

Radicals

者 person
⻏ village, city wallThis radical oozato is always at the right side of the kanji and means "village". Please note the difference to the radical kozato 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the kanji.
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 Vocabulary

 都  みやこ  capital, metropolis
 都合  つごう  circumstances, condition, convenience
 京都  きょうと  Kyoto
 都会  とかい  city
 都市  とし  town, city, municipal, urban
 都心  としん  heart (of city)
 首都  しゅと  capital city

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