Memory phrase for the character: 偶

偶

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Meaning

accidentally, pair (like wife&husband)

Pronunciation

 GŪ

Explanation

 Left: person 人, right: scorpion 禺 (Pictogram of a scorpion with a body 田, long legs 冂, and the stinger ム)

Mnemonic
 
(At first they met 遇 with movements 辶) And then the person and the scorpion became accidentally a pair.

Radicals

亻 personThis radical is understood as an identical variant of "person" 人, and shows a person who stands with the legs apart.
禺 ScorpionThe scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.
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 Vocabulary

偶数 ぐうすう  even number
配偶者 はいぐうしゃ  spouse, adults
偶 たま  even number, couple, man and wife, friend, same kind, doll, occasional, rare
偶々 たまたま  casually, unexpectedly, accidentally, by chance
偶然 ぐうぜん  (by) chance, unexpectedly, suddenly, fortuity

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