Memory phrase for the character: 唐

唐

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Meaning

Tang-China

Pronunciation

TŌ
kara

Explanation

 Outside: building 广, below: hand ナ/ヨ, pestle 丨, mortar 口

Mnemonic
 
Buildings in which a hand uses a mortar in the Tang Dynasty. (It was 618-907 AD and a heyday. - Maybe that's why people peacefully prepared food in the mortar?)

Radicals

广 buildingRadical madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
臼 mortarLike two hands E, 彐 that are pushing from both sides.
口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.




 Vocabulary


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