Memory phrase for the character: 窃

窃

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Meaning

to steal, stealth, secret, hushed

Pronunciation

SETSU
nusumu, hisoka

Explanation

 Top: hole, cavity 穴 (It is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into the cave.), below: cut 切 (with seven 七 swords 刀)

Mnemonic
 
The hole was cut for stealing.

Radicals

穴 OpeningIt is covered 宀 and a narrowing path 八 leads into this hole or cave.
七 sevenLike an Arabic 7 (strikethrough) upside down.
刀 swordAs radical often simplified to:刂




 Vocabulary

窃盗 せっとう  theft

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