Memory phrase for the character: 鳴
鳴
Meaning
non-human cry Pronunciation MEI na ku Explanation Left: mouth 口, right: a bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wrings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬)
Mnemonic
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Out of the mouth of the bird comes an animal's cry. Radicals
口
mouth A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
鳥
bird These radicals 鳥 and 隹 are equally used for "bird".
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Vocabulary
鳴く なく
to bark, to purr, to make sound (animal)
6547
鳴る なる
to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
6549
鳴らす ならす
to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose)
6548
悲鳴 ひめい
shriek, scream (for help)
2615
共鳴 きょうめい
resonance, sympathy
788
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