Memory phrase for the character: 啓


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Meaning

disclose, enlighten, illuminate, state

Pronunciation

KEI

Explanation

Top: door 戸; to hit, strike 攵 (hand 又 with a stick ノ), below: opening 口

Mnemonic


 
When the door opens with a hit (bang) into an opening, things get disclosed.

Radicals

doorThe radical todare shows a sliding door 尸 mounted in an upper guide/rail.
Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)
mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.




 Vocabulary

啓発 けいはつ  enlightenment, development, edification
謹啓 きんけい  Dear Mr., Mrs. (in written)
拝啓 はいけい  Dear (so and so)


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