Memory phrase for the character: 屋

屋

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Meaning

building, shop

Pronunciation

OKU
ya

Explanation

 Outside: buttocks 尸 (in side view), below: reach-a-target 至 (From the sky 一 an arrow ム comes to the ground 土: falling back)

Mnemonic
 
His buttocks reaches the shop.

Radicals

尸 buttocks (in a side view)The radical shikabane has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾, buttocks 尻 or urine 尿, it is generally considered to mean "buttocks".
至 reach (a target)Shows an arrow, falling to the ground and thus reached its target.
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary

居酒屋 いざかや  japanese style bar
数奇屋 すきや  Arbor for the tea ceremony
飯屋 めしや  eating house, restaurant with simple food
屋根 やね  roof
部屋 へや  room
花屋 はなや  florist
床屋 とこや  barber, barber shop
屋上 おくじょう  rooftop
八百屋 やおや  greengrocer

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