Memory phrase for the Kanji: 巻
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巻 |
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Meaning
| roll, scroll, reel, coil
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Pronunciation |
KAN
maki, maku |
Explanation |
Top: the border guard 龹 known from "checkpoint" 関 (= person 人 with raised arms 丷 and two barrier bars 二, [here: two rolls], bottom: self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself) |
Mnemonic
| The person 人 with the raised arms 丷 has rolled himself 己 the two rolls 二. (Maki-Sushi? 巻き寿司)
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Radicals
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
| 竜巻 |
たつまき |
tornado |
| 葉巻 |
はまき |
cigar |
| 取り巻く |
とりまく |
to surround, to circle, to enclose |
| 寝巻 |
ねまき |
sleep-wear, nightclothes, pyjamas |
| 巻く |
まく |
to wind, to coil, to roll |
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