Memory phrase for the character: 塑

塑

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Meaning

model, make (of clay)

Pronunciation

SO

Explanation

 Top: new moon [さく] (= 1. day of lunar month) 朔 (disobedient or reverse 屰 [chinese only], var. of reverse/opposite 逆 (here: counterpart) [out 丷 to the 一 mountain 山 and downwards ノ movements are reversed] & moon 月, bottom: earth 土

Mnemonic
 
To form a counterpart of the moon you can use earth/clay and modelize it

Radicals

屰 oppositechinese only: (see the difference vs. barracks/camp: 屯)
月 monthThe radical tsuki stands for moon or month when used at the right side of a character. However the radical niku 肉 that stands for body or body-part is in many cases simplified to 月 and thus looks equal as "moon".
土 earthground, soil
丷 way outThis radical is understood as "something coming out", such as steam.




 Vocabulary

塑像 そぞう  a clay figure

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