Memory phrase for the character: 宰

宰

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Meaning

administer, manage, supervision

Pronunciation

SAI

Explanation

 Top: roof/house 宀, below: spicy/bitter 辛 (image of a needle for tattooing)

Mnemonic
 
(Always expensive repairs:) A house causes bitterness because you have to administer (= supervise) it.

Radicals

宀 ceilingRadical: ukanmuri
辛 hot, spicyIs composed of standing 立 and ten 十. In reference to "needle" 針 (= はり), the ten can be seen as a needle. Thus, somehow the feeling of standing on a needle is expressed.




 Vocabulary

主宰 しゅさい  supervision
宰領 さいりょう  supervision, superintendence

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