Memory phrase for the Kanji: 飾

飾

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Meaning decorate, ornament, beautify, embellish

Pronunciation

SHOKU
kazaru

Explanation

Left: vari. of food 食 (cover on good 良 food), right: horizontal person , cloth 巾

Mnemonic
 
(A nice table decoration:) For the food the person uses cloth as decoration.

Radicals

食 to eatshows a cover and good 良 (It might be helpful to see the lower two strokes as chopsticks.)
person who lies(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
巾 cloth, width巾 [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".
良 goodThe radical good is similar to 艮 that ist understood as "not-good" (The little stroke at the top is missing.)
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

 Vocabulary

修飾 しゅうしょく  ornamentation, embellishment, decoration, polish up (writing)
着飾る きかざる  to dress up
装飾 そうしょく  ornament
飾り かざり  decoration
飾る かざる  to decorate, to ornament, to adorn
首飾り くびかざり  necklace

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