Memory phrase for the Kanji: 居
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居 |
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Meaning
| residence, inhabit, exist, stay
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Pronunciation |
KYO
iru, oru |
Explanation |
Top: buttocks in side view 尸, below: old 古 (= originally a skull, but more helpful: the image of a tomb stone) |
Mnemonic
| When the buttocks gets old, he stays at his residence.
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Radicals
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居
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exist | |
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尸
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buttocks (in a side view) | The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks". |
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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
| 居酒屋 |
いざかや |
japanese style bar |
| 居る |
いる |
to be, to have (used for people and animals) |
| 居間 |
いま |
living room (western style) |
| 同居 |
どうきょ |
living together |
| 住居 |
じゅうきょ |
dwelling, house, residence, address |
| 居住 |
きょじゅう |
residence |
| 居眠り |
いねむり |
dozing, nodding off |
| 皇居 |
こうきょ |
Imperial Palace |
| 芝居 |
しばい |
play/drama |
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