Memory phrase for the character: 愚

愚

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Meaning

foolish, idiot, folly

Pronunciation

 GU
oroka

Explanation

 Top: scorpion 禺 (Pictogram of a scorpion with a body 田, long legs 冂, and the stinger ム), below: heart 心

Mnemonic
 
Who believes that a scorpion has a heart is foolish.

Radicals

禺 ScorpionThe scorpion is the insect 虫 with the stinger ム between the long hind legs 冂.
心 heartImage of a heart with coronary arteries.
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 Vocabulary

愚か おろか  foolish, stupid
愚痴 ぐち  idle complaint, grumble

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