Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鍵

鍵

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Meaning key (to a lock or a problem), clue

Pronunciation

KEN
kagi

Explanation

Left: gold, metal 金, right: build, construct 建 (The brush 聿 needs to move 廴 at the construction) [The brush 聿 is a part of: 'to write' 書]

Mnemonic
 
Use metal for your building: That's the key to the problem.

Radicals

金 gold, metalThis radical is always on the left side of a character.
廴 movementThe radical ennyou stands for movement and is similar to shinnyuu 辶, which equally stands for movement.
聿 brush
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 Vocabulary

鍵 かぎ  key

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