Memory phrase for the character: 卒

卒

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Meaning

graduate, completion

Pronunciation

SOTSU

Explanation

 From top: rotary disc 亠, two persons 人, rotary disc 亠

Mnemonic
 
(In the exam:) As if squeezed between two rotary discs: the graduates.

Radicals

亠 coverOther covers are: 冖
人 personThe radical hito also has this writing 亻 and many variants, such as the sitting person 匕, the lying person , the tall person 大 with outstretched arms, or the husband 夫 as the tall 大 person with extra 一 caring arms, etc.
十 ten, 10Two crossed arms (with five fingers each) means ten.




 Vocabulary

卒 そつ  low-ranking soldier, graduation
卒業 そつぎょう  graduation
卒業式 そつぎょうしき  graduation ceremony
卒園式 そつえんしき  kindergarten graduation ceremony

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