Memory phrase for the Kanji: 暖


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Meaning

warm

Pronunciation

DAN
atatakai/maru/meru

Explanation

Left: sun , right: (Chinese only) to help (a hand reaches down to give a rope [with two knots] and another hand takes this help.)

Mnemonic

The sun helps to warm up.

Radicals

day, sunThe radical nichi stands for sun and was originally a circle with an middle point.
to help(chinese only) The assignment of this radical as "to help" is based in particular on this character "to help" 援, which is in a combination with hand.
grap downwardsThe radical notsu shows a hand which is reaching downwards.
FriendComprises twice the sign for hand: , , because friends shake hands.
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Vocabulary

 暖かい  あたたかい  warm, mild, genial
 暖まる  あたたまる  to warm oneself, to sun oneself, to warm up, to get warm
 暖める  あたためる  to warm, to heat
 暖房  だんぼう  heating
 温暖  おんだん  warmth
 暖かい  あたたか⠰䐩  warm, mild

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