Memory phrase for the Kanji: 固
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固 |
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Meaning
| hard, firm, strong
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Pronunciation |
KO
katai |
Explanation |
Outside frame 囗, but here: mouth 口, inside: old 古 (= tomb stone). [Some things like the meat of old animals or full-grown vegetable become hard with age.] |
Mnemonic
| In the mouth old things taste: hard. (In contrast: The young/immature 未 is in the mouth 口 with a taste 味)
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Radicals
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固
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hard, firm | Outside a frame 囗, which stands as a placeholder for things that become hard with age 古, such as the meat of old animals or old vegetables/roots. In other words: "things" that are old are also hard. |
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囗
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enclosure | The radical kunigamae surrounds/encloses further components and thus is different from the simple square that stands for mouth 口. |
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古
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old | Picture of a gravestone |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 堅固 |
けんご |
strength, indestructibility |
| 固い |
かたい |
stubborn, firm (not viscous or easily moved), certain, solemn |
| 固体 |
こたい |
solid, in solid state |
| 固有 |
こゆう |
characteristic, peculiar, inherent |
| 固まる |
かたまる |
to harden, to solidify, to become firm |
| 固める |
かためる |
to harden, to freeze, to fortify |
| 固定 |
こてい |
fixation, fixing (e.g. salary, capital) |
| 頑固 |
がんこ |
stubbornness, obstinacy |
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