Memory phrase for the Kanji: 歌


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Meaning

sing, song

Pronunciation

KA
uta, utau

Explanation

Left: 2x possible (A nail into this opening should be possible.), right: lack, deficiency (The mouth wide open of the yawning person is lacking [i.e. manners])

Mnemonic

You can sing twice "ka", but there is still a deficiency in your singing.

Radicals

possibility
deficiencyThe radical kakeru shows a mouth wide open and stands for lack or deficiency.
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Vocabulary

 歌う  うたう  to sing
 歌手  かしゅ  singer
 童歌  わらべうた  children´s song
 演歌  えんか  Enka (popular pop)
 歌謡  かよう  song, ballad
 短歌  たんか  tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem
 哀歌  あいか  elegy, sad song, lament (song)
 唱歌  しょうか  singing, song​
 歌  うた  song, poetry

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