Memory phrase for the Kanji: 第


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Meaning

grade, position, rank, order

Pronunciation

DAI

Explanation

Top: bamboo , bottom: variation of younger brother (bow and feathered arrow λ)

Mnemonic

With a bamboo (cane) I teach my younger brother his position (rank).

Radicals

bamboo
bowPictograph: bow without string.
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Vocabulary

 第  だい  number ...
 第二次世界大戦  だいにじせかいたいせん  Second World War
 落第  らくだい  fail a test or exam, dropping out of a class
 次第  しだい  order, precedence, circumstances, immediate(ly)
 第一印象  だいいちいんしょう  first impression​

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