Memory phrase for the character: 歯

歯

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Meaning

tooth

Pronunciation

SHI
ha

Explanation

 Top: to stop 止 (a foot with a lower line 一 to stop at), below: rice 米, container 凵

Mnemonic
 
Stop at the rice container: There is sth. for the teeth! (Or: image of nose 止, mouth 凵 and teeth 米)

Radicals

歯 toothStop 止 at the rice-米-container 凵: There is sth. for the teeth. Alternatively seen as image of a mouth 一,凵 with teeth 米
凵 frame
米 riceThe rice plant has this radical: 禾
止 to stopAt top the picture of a left foot and at bottom a limiting line. "The foot stands at the line 一 and stops."




 Vocabulary

歯 は  tooth
歯石 しせき  dental calculus (calcified deposits on teeth)
知歯 ちし  wisdom tooth
歯医者 はいしゃ  dentist
歯ブラシ はぶらし  toothbrush
虫歯 むしば  cavity, tooth decay, decayed tooth, caries
歯科 しか  dentistry
歯磨き はみがき  dentifrice, toothpaste
歯車 はぐるま  gear, cog-wheel

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