Memory phrase for the Kanji: 精
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精 |
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Meaning
| spirit, refine, soul, energy
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Pronunciation |
SEI, SHŌ
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Explanation |
Left: rice 米, right: blue 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.) |
Mnemonic
| Rice that has been grown under the moon is full of spirit.
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Radicals
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米
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rice | The rice plant has this radical: 禾 |
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青
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blue, young | At the top a growing plant (sometimes also 耒 or 丰, as with "life" 生) and below the moon 月. Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green. |
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月
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month | The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon". |
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growing plant | |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 精 |
せい |
spirit, sprite, nymph, energy |
| 精神 |
せいしん |
mind, soul, heart, spirit, intention |
| 精神科 |
せいしんか |
psychiatry |
| 精密 |
せいみつ |
precise, exact, detailed, minute, close |
| 精巧 |
せいこう |
elaborate, delicate, exquisite |
| 精々 |
せいぜい |
at the most, at best, to the utmost |
| 精算 |
せいさん |
exact calculation, squaring of accounts |
| 射精 |
しゃせい |
ejaculation |
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