Memory phrase for the Kanji: 票


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Meaning

vote, ballot

Pronunciation

HYŌ

Explanation

Top: west 西 (Sunset of the sun under the horizon in the west), below: to show 示/ (image of an altar with sth. on that is shown.)

Mnemonic

In the west you show your vote in a ballot/poll.

Radicals

vote, ballot
西 westThe upper stroke can be seen as horizon. Below a variante of sun and two legs , which here stand for a downward motion: Belos the horizon sinks the sun (at sunset) in the west.
to show, altarThe radical shimesu is a simplification of show 示, which is a pictogram of an altar.
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Vocabulary

 票  ひょう  label, ballot, ticket, sign
 投票  とうひょう  voting, poll

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