Memory phrase for the character: 敢

敢

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Meaning

dare, venture

Pronunciation

KAN
aete, aenai

Explanation

 Left: one 一, ear 耳; right: hit, strike 攵 (A hand with a stick ノ)

Mnemonic
 
His one ear was hit: how daring!

Radicals

耳 earShows the picture of an ear (auricle / pinna).
攵 Stick in a handThe radical nobun shows a hand or 又 that holds a stick ノ (simplified from the Chinese radical 66 攴 for whip or rap. In this radical, the stick 卜 in the hand 又 is easily cognizable.)




 Vocabulary

勇敢 ゆうかん  bravery, heroism, gallantry
敢えて あえて  dare (to do), challenge (to do)

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