Memory phrase for the character: 対

対

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Meaning

opposite, versus, pair

Pronunciation

TAI, TSUI

Explanation

Left: text/writing 文 (A folding table 文 for writing a text.), right: skillful hand 寸.

Mnemonic


 
(A good lawyer should argue against injustice in written:) I need a writing from a skillful hand to oppose.

Radicals

文 textLooks like a folding table, at which you can write your text.
寸 skillful handImage of a hand 一 forearm 丨 and pulse 丶. It was originally also the distance of one inch (Length: 1 SUN = 3.03 cm) from the hand's palm to the pulse. This also stood for a small amount. The mnemonics use it as "skillful hand" and partly as "to measure".




 Vocabulary

絶対 ぜったい  absolute, unconditional, absoluteness
対処 たいしょ  deal with (a question), cope
対称 たいしょう  symmetry
安全対策 あんぜんたいさく  safety measure
インフレ対策 インフレたいさく  counter-inflation measures
絶対的貧困 ぜったいてきひんこん  absolute poverty
相対 そうたい  relative
応対 おうたい  receiving, dealing with
対面 たいめん  interview, meeting


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