Memory phrase for the character: 危

危

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Meaning

dangerous

Pronunciation

KI
abunai, ayaui

Explanation

 Top: bent person ⺈, below: unlucky 厄 (cliff 厂, slumped person 㔾)

Mnemonic
 
The bent person on the cliff can (by falling) turn into a slumped person: That is the danger.

Radicals

⺈ kneeling person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , skilled 才, bending マ,卩, slumped 㔾 or husband 夫)
厂 cliffThe Radical gandare stands for cliff. Sometimes it is understood as a shield, like in 盾.
㔾 collapsed Person(Further radicals with „person“ are: sitting 匕, sitting cross-legged 夂, lying , kneeling ⺈, skilled 才, bending マ,卩, or husband 夫)




 Vocabulary

危険 きけん  danger, peril, hazard
危機 きき  crisis
危うい あやうい  dangerous, critical, grave, uncertain, unreliable, watch out!
危ない あぶない  dangerous, critical, grave, uncertain, unreliable, limping
危ぶむ あやぶむ  to fear, to have misgivings, to be doubtful, to mistrust
危害 きがい  injury, harm, danger

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