Memory phrase for the Kanji: 晴


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Meaning

sunny, bright, clear up

Pronunciation

SEI
hareru

Explanation

Left: day/sun , right: young, blue (Growing plants appear in the moonshine as blue and young.)

Mnemonic

Sunny and blue (sky) - It's sunny and the weather's cleared up.

Radicals

day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
blue, youngAt the top a growing plant (sometimes also or 丰, as with "life" ) and below the moon . Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green.
growing plant
monthThe radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to and thus looks equal as "moon".
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

Vocabulary

 晴れ  はれ  clear weather
 晴れる  はれる  to clear up, to be sunny, to stop raining
 快晴  かいせい  good weather
 晴天  せいてん  fine weather
 素晴らしい  すばらしい  wonderful, splendid, magnificent
 見晴らし  みはらし  view

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