Memory phrase for the Kanji: 点


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Meaning

point, dot, spot

Pronunciation

TEN

Explanation

Top: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told) bottom: fire

Mnemonic

Fortune telling over the fire: There you get to the point!

Radicals

fortune telling
fortune tellingThis radical bukunoto is also used in the radical .
fireBoth the radical renga and this radical are used for fire.
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Vocabulary

 点  てん  spot, mark, point, dot
 点ける  つける  (uk) to turn on/to switch on/to light up
 点く  つく  to catch fire, (electricity) comes on
 弱点  じゃくてん  weak point, weakness
 採点  さいてん  marking, grading, looking over
 交差点  こうさてん  Crossing
 句点  くてん  period, full stop
 頂点  ちょうてん  top/summit
 零点  れいてん  zero/no marks

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