Memory phrase for the character: 渡

渡

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Meaning

cross, hand over, go across

Pronunciation

TO
wataru/su

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: degree/extent 度 (The building 广 will be at twenty 廿 (degrees) when I set the thermostate 廿 by hand 又 to this extent / degree.)

Mnemonic
 
Water of this degree (temperature or depth) can be crossed.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
广 buildingRadical madare - A similar radical 厂 stands for cliff.
廿 twentyTwo connected "ten" 十 means twenty (This radical 艹 can not be used for 20 as it is already used for plant/grass.)




 Vocabulary

橋渡し はしわたし  bridge building, mediation
渡す わたす  to pass over, to hand over
渡り鳥 わたりどり  migratory bird, bird of passage
渡る わたる  to cross over, to go across
見渡す みわたす  to look out over, to survey (scene), to take an extensive view of

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