Memory phrase for the Kanji: 当


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Meaning

hit the target, expose, apply, really

Pronunciation


ataru

Explanation

Top: small , bottom: a hand ヨ

Mnemonic

It is as small as a hand, but we hit the target!

Radicals

smallA person | with two arms close to the body is small (compare to big : a person with widely spread arms and legs).
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,
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Vocabulary

 本当  ほんとう  truth, reality
 当たる  あたる  to be hit, to be successful, to face (confront)
 お弁当  おべんとう  box lunch
 当然  とうぜん  naturally, as a matter of course
 坪当たり  つぼあたり  measured tsubo (area)
 適当  てきとう  suitability, fitness, adequacy, relevance
 該当  がいとう  corresponding/answering to/coming under
 見当  けんとう  be found/aim/mark/estimate/guess/approx/direction
 突き当たる  つきあたる  to run into, to collide with

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