Memory phrase for the Kanji: 静
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静 |
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Meaning
| silent, quiet, calm
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Pronunciation |
SEI, JŌ
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Explanation |
Left: blue/young 青 (Growing plants  appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young.), right: dispute 争 (bent person ⺈ with stick 亅 in hand ナ/ヨ looks for a dispute) |
Mnemonic
| A "young" dispute is still silent and quiet.
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Radicals
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青
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blue, young | At the top a growing plant (sometimes also 耒 or 丰, as with "life" 生) and below the moon 月. Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green. |
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⺈
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kneeling person | (Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying  , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫) |
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尹
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Hand with stick | |
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月
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month | The radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However t1he radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon". |
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
| 静か |
しずか |
quiet, peaceful |
| 静止 |
せいし |
stillness/repose/standing still |
| 静脈 |
じょうみゃく |
vein |
| 静める |
しずめる |
soothe |
| 静まる |
しずまる |
to quieten down, to calm down, to be suppressed |
| 冷静 |
れいせい |
calm, composure, coolness, serenity |
| 安静 |
あんせい |
rest |
| 静的 |
せいてき |
static |
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