Memory phrase for the character: 掘


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Meaning

dig, excavate, delve

Pronunciation

KUTSU
horu

Explanation

Left: hand 扌, right: stoop, bow, crouch 屈 (The buttock 尸 [=butt's crack) comes out 出 when bowing [="plumber's crack or smile"])

Mnemonic


 
You use your hands and you are crouched, when: digging.

Radicals

handSeveral characters are used for hand: ナ, 扌,手, ヨ
crouch, stoop, bendingThink to the "carpenter crack", which refers to the visible butt-crack if a guy with a too short shirt crouches. The mnemonic: "The butt comes out, when crouching.
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".
come out




 Vocabulary

掘る ほる  to dig, to excavate
採掘 さいくつ  mining
発掘 はっくつ  excavation, exhumation, discovery (e.g. new talent)

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