Memory phrase for the Kanji: 詩

詩

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Meaning

poetry

Pronunciation

 SHI

Explanation

 Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: temple 寺 (from earth 土 and built with skillful hands 寸)

Mnemonic

The words at the temple are poems.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
寺 Temple
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Vocabulary

 詩美  しび  poetic beauty, beauty of a poem
 詩  し  poem/verse of poetry
 詩人  しじん  poet

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