Memory phrase for the character: 壮

壮

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Meaning

robust, manly, strong, manhood, heroic, prosperity

Pronunciation

SŌ

Explanation

 Left: bed 丬 (cf. 爿 developed from the image of a halved 片 tree), right: samurai 士

Mnemonic
 
The bed of a samurai is robust and strong.

Radicals

壮 robust, manly
丬 bedShows a sliced tree trunk. It is used as "bed". cf. 片
士 samuraiA proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".




 Vocabulary

壮健な そうけんな  healthy, robust​
壮大 そうだい  magnificent, grand, majestic, splendid

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