Memory phrase for the Kanji: 隆

隆

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Meaning prosper, high, peak

Pronunciation

RYŪ

Explanation

Left: hill 阝, right: upturned foot 夂, life 生 (The twig ノ at the growing plant stands for life.)

Mnemonic
 
Sitting on a hill with cross-legged feet and life looks: prosperous.

Radicals

阝 hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. 阝 and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato ⻏ is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
夂 crossed legsThis radical is understood as sitting with crossed legs or upturned foot.
生 liveEmphasis ノ and growing plant
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 Vocabulary

隆盛な りゅうせいな  flourishing, thriving
隆起する りゅうきする  bulge to protrude

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