Memory phrase for the character: 印

印

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Meaning

stamp, seal, sign, mark

Pronunciation

IN
shirushi

Explanation

 Left: hand press (like i.e. at mortar 臼), right: bent person 卩

Mnemonic
 
Under the press the bent person is stamped.

Radicals

to press, pushThis character appears like the left half of mortar 臼, which shows hands E,ヨ pressing from both sides.
卩 bent personShows a person 人 bowing down deeply. (Further radicals with "person" are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

印 しるし  mark, symbol, evidence
印刷 いんさつ  printing
印鑑 いんかん  stamp, seal
矢印 やじるし  directing arrow
第一印象 だいいちいんしょう  first impression​
印象 いんしょう  impression
目印 めじるし  mark, sign, landmark
調印 ちょういん  signature, sign, sealing

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