Memory phrase for the Kanji: 若

若

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Meaning

young, inexperienced, if

Pronunciation

 JAKU
wakai, moshi

Explanation

 Top: plant 艹, bottom: right 右 (This hand ナ/ feeds the mouth 口.) For the mnemnic think to the character "hard 固": Things 囗 (like: herbs, vegetables, meat) with age 古 get hard 固 - Here however we have the opposite:

Mnemonic

The plant 艹 that is put by hand ナ into the mouth 口 is: young.

Radicals

若 young
艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, simple variation of 艸.
右 right
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!

Vocabulary

 若干  じゃっかん  some/few/number of
 若い  わかい  young
 若々しい  わかわかしい  youthful/young

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