Memory phrase for the Kanji: 幹

幹

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Meaning

tree trunk, main (part)

Pronunciation

 KAN
miki

Explanation

 Left: sunrise (The sun 日 rises between plants 艹.), right: person 人 and: dry 干 (image of drying stand/rack)

Mnemonic

At rising sun a person is drying the trunk of a tree.

Radicals

sun risePlease be aware that this very similar radical 莫 stands for the sunset. This appears strange, but seems to be fact-based due to: sunset 暮 and morning 朝.
干 dryThe radical hoshi stands for dry and lookls like a drying rail/stand.
旦 sun rise
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Vocabulary

 幹  みき  (tree) trunk
 幹線  かんせん  main line, trunk line
 新幹線  しんかんせん  bullet train: "Shinkansen"
 幹部  かんぶ  management, (executive) staff, leaders

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