Memory phrase for the Kanji: 肺


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Meaning

lungs

Pronunciation

HAI

Explanation

Left: body part /, right: simplification of city (Better: shoulders , lungs/chest and middle of the body )

Mnemonic

The body part below head and shoulders with the lobes of the lung lateral to the backbone are: the lungs.

Radicals

body part, meatThis radical is at the left side of a character and typically drawn as: , which looks equal to: "moon, month " but still has the meaning body-part.
city, market placeThis radical is a combination of a cover: and cloth:
cloth, width [はば] means width. The trainer also understands it as: "cloth".
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Vocabulary

 肺炎  はいえん  pneumonia
 肺  はい  lung

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