Memory phrase for the character: 滑

滑

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Meaning

slip, slide, glide, soft, smooth

Pronunciation

 KATSU
suberu, nameraka

Explanation

 Left: water 氵, right: bone 骨 (bone [pictograph of a vertebra], cover 冖 and body/flesh 月)

Mnemonic
 
(bursa in the joints) Water on the bones makes them smooth and slippery.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
骨 bone
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 Vocabulary

円滑 えんかつ  harmony, smoothness
滑らか なめらか  smoothness, glassiness
滑る すべる  to glide, to slide, to slip
滑稽 こっけい  funny, humorous, laughable, ridiculous, joking

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