Memory phrase for the Kanji: 歯
歯
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Meaning
tooth
Pronunciation
SHI ha
Explanation
Top: to stop 止 (a foot with a lower line 一 to stop at), below: rice 米, container 凵
Mnemonic
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Stop at the rice container: There is sth. for the teeth! (Or: image of nose 止, mouth 凵 and teeth 米)
Radicals
歯
tooth Stop 止 at the rice 米 container 凵: There is sth. for the teeth.
凵
frame
米
rice The rice plant has this radical: 禾
止
to stop At top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."
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Vocabulary
歯
は
tooth
7259
歯石
しせき
dental calculus (calcified deposits on teeth)
7261
知歯
ちし
wisdom tooth
7333
歯医者
はいしゃ
dentist
3608
歯ブラシ
はぶらし
toothbrush
7260
虫歯
むしば
cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, caries
5260
歯科
しか
dentistry
3610
歯磨き
はみがき
dentifrice, toothpaste
3609
歯車
はぐるま
gear, cog-wheel
3611
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