Memory phrase for the Kanji: 徳


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Meaning

virtue, merit

Pronunciation

TOKU

Explanation

Left: go , right: ten , eye , heart

Mnemonic

Going with ten eyes and one heart demands virtue.

Radicals

to walkRadical gyounin This is the half form of gyougamae
ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.
eyes, (net)The Radical yongashira shows the picture of an eye, whereas eye is also: . In some combinations this radical is seen as a net for fishing.
heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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Vocabulary

 徳  とく  virtue, benevolence
 功徳  くどく  pious act, good deed, Merit
 徳川  とくがわ  Tokugawa (shogunate during the Edo period)
 道徳  どうとく  morals


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