Memory phrase for the Kanji: 転
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転 |
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Kanji-Trainer
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Meaning
| roll, turn, tumble
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Pronunciation |
TEN
korogeru |
Explanation |
Left: vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: fog 云 (cf. cloud 雲) |
Mnemonic
| With a vehicle in the fog you only can roll, or you will tumble.
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Radicals
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車
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vehicle | A hand-cart viewed from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. |
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云
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fog | 云 has the meaning "fog" only in Chinese. This original meaning is still visible in: cloud 雲. In Japanese it has the meaning to say/speak. For "fog" itself the character: 霧 (MU, kiri) is used. |
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
| 転がす |
ころがす |
to roll |
| 転がる |
ころがる |
to roll, to tumble |
| 自転車 |
じてんしゃ |
bicycle |
| 運転手 |
うんてんしゅ |
driver/chauffeur |
| 転ぶ |
ころぶ |
to fall down, to fall over |
| 運転 |
うんてん |
operation/motion/driving |
| 逆転 |
ぎゃくてん |
(sudden) change, reversal, turn-around |
| 転落 |
てんらく |
fall/degradation/slump/spill |
| 転校 |
てんこう |
change schools |
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