Memory phrase for the character: 鯨

鯨

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Meaning

whale

Pronunciation

 GEI
kujira

Explanation

 Left: fish 魚, right: capital 京 (image of a stone lantern)

Mnemonic
 
(Whale oil as lamp's fuel) The 'fish' for the stone lanterns is the whale.

Radicals

魚 fishPicture of a fish with head ⺈, body 田 and fins 灬 that is swimming upwards
京 capitalA stone lantern as a symbol for the capital.
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 Vocabulary

捕鯨 ほげい  whaling, whale fishing

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