Memory phrase for the Kanji: 鳴


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Meaning non-human cry

Pronunciation

MEI
naku

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: a bird 鳥 (Image of a bird with head 白, wrings 一, tail feather フ and talons 灬)

Mnemonic


 
Out of the mouth of the bird comes an animal's cry.

Radicals

mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
birdThese 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)
鳴る なる  to sound, to ring, to resound, to echo, to roar, to rumble
鳴らす ならす  to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose)
悲鳴 ひめい  shriek, scream (for help)
共鳴 きょうめい  resonance, sympathy


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