Memory phrase for the character: 射


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Meaning

shoot

Pronunciation

SHA
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Explanation

Left: body 身 (in side view), right: skillful hand 寸

Mnemonic


 
The body stands laterally and has a skillful hand, when shooting.

Radicals

body
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

放射能 ほうしゃのう  radioactivity
注射 ちゅうしゃ  injection
反射 はんしゃ  reflection, reverberation
射す さす  to pour (sth. in sth.), to shine, to strike
放射 ほうしゃ  radiation, emission
発射 はっしゃ  firing, shooting, discharge, catapult
陽射 ひざし  sunlight, rays of the sun
射精 しゃせい  ejaculation

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