Memory phrase for the Kanji: 除


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Meaning

exclude, remove, cancel

Pronunciation

JO, JI
nozoku

Explanation

Left: hill , right: excess, remain (A heap is still (on a variant) of altar [= to show], thus there in excess.)

Mnemonic

A hill is in excess: let's remove it.

Radicals

hillThe radical kozato shows a hill. and is always on the left side of a kanji. (Please note that rather similar radical oozato is always on the right sight of the kanji and means village.)
in excessA heap is still (on a variant) of altar [= to show], thus there in excess.
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Vocabulary

 掃除する  そうじする  to clean, to sweep
 控除  こうじょ  subsidy, deduction
 免除  めんじょ  exemption, exoneration, discharge
 削除  さくじょ  elimination, cancellation, deletion, erasure
 取り除く  とりのぞく  to remove, to take away, to set apart
 掃除  そうじ  cleaning, sweeping
 排除  はいじょ  exclusion, removal, rejection
 解除  かいじょ  cancellation, rescinding, release, calling off
 除く  のぞく  to remove, to exclude, to except

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