Memory phrase for the character: 舞

舞

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Meaning

dance, circle, wheel

Pronunciation

BU
mau

Explanation

 Top: dancer 無 (originally the image of lined-up dancers), below: 舛 = variants of feet 夕/止, in opposed positions

Mnemonic
 
Dancers with opposed feet are dancing in a circle.

Radicals

舛 variation of footsThe radical maiashi shows two variants of foot 夕/止 with the meaning "standing opposed"




 Vocabulary

振舞う ふるまう  to behave, to conduct oneself, to entertain
舞う まう  to dance, to flutter about, to revolve
舞台 ぶたい  stage (theatre)
見舞い みまい  enquiry, expression of sympathy, expression of concern
見舞う みまう  to ask after (health), to visit
お見舞い おみまい  calling on someone who is ill, enquiry

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