Memory phrase for the Kanji: 要
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Meaning
| need, necessity, essence, point, pivot
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Pronunciation |
YŌ
kaname, iru |
Explanation |
Top: west 西 (Sunset of the sun 日 under the horizon 一 in the west), below: woman 女. (Here: 西 as a handbag with big handle) |
Mnemonic
| A handbag is for a woman: a need.
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Radicals
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西
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west | The upper stroke 一 can be seen as horizon. Below a variante of sun 日 and two legs 儿, which here stand for a downward motion: Belos the horizon sinks the sun (at sunset) in the west. |
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女
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woman | The stroke order is: "Ku-no-ichi" = くノ一 , which also stands for a female ninja. |
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
| 要る |
いる |
to need |
| 必要 |
ひつよう |
necessary, essential |
| 主要 |
しゅよう |
main, principal, major |
| 要する |
ようする |
to demand/to require/to take |
| 要するに |
ようするに |
in a word, in short .. |
| 要因 |
よういん |
primary factor, main cause |
| 要旨 |
ようし |
gist, essentials, summary, fundamentals |
| 要望 |
ようぼう |
demand for/request |
| 要求 |
ようきゅう |
request,requisition, demand |
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