Memory phrase for the character: 嘆


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Meaning

lament, sigh, grieve, admire

Pronunciation

TAN
nageku/kawashii

Explanation

Left: mouth 口, right: var. of China 漢 (Water 氵and plants 艹 in the mouth 口 of the husband 夫 from China) [But water 氵is missing]

Mnemonic


 
Mouths in a waterless China are lamenting.

Radicals

mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
husbandLike a big 大 person with another pair of arms, as caring arms.




 Vocabulary

驚嘆 きょうたん  admiration, Amazement
嘆く なげく  to sigh, to lament, to grieve


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