Memory phrase for the character: 縫

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sew, stitch, embroider

HŌ
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From left: thread 糸, movement 辶, pointed, needle-shaped 夆 (When sitting cross-legged 夂 on the peak of a growing plant 丰, you feel it pointed. )

The thread gets pointed (= provided with a pointed needle) and is moved when: sewing.

糸	thread
辶	movement	The radical shinnyuu* stands for movement and thus has the same meaning as the very similar radical ennyou 廴*
夆	pointed (=needle-shaped)	(in Chinese only)
夂	crossed legs	This radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.

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縫う	ぬう	to sew
裁縫	さいほう	sewing

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