Memory phrase for the Kanji: 覚


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Meaning

remember, memorize, wake up

Pronunciation

KAKU
oboeru, sameru

Explanation

From top: light rays a cover (here both: crown ), watch/see (= The eye is on legs when looking around.).

Mnemonic

It is the "crown" on what you saw, if you can remember when waking up.

Radicals

to seeThe wandering eye on legs means to see.
Crown
moving feetRadical: hitoashi
sun beams
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Vocabulary

 覚える  おぼえる  to remember/to memorize
 目覚める  めざめる  to wake up
 覚める  さめる  to wake/to wake up
 自覚  じかく  self-conscious
 味覚  みかく  taste, sense of taste, palate
 感覚  かんかく  sense, sensation, sensory perception
 聴覚  ちょうかく  the sense of hearing
 目覚し  めざまし  (abbr) alarm-clock, to wake up
 目覚しい  めざましい  splendid, brilliant, remarkable


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