Memory phrase for the character: 舷

舷

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Meaning

side of a boat

Pronunciation

GEN

Explanation

 Left: boat 舟, right: mysterious, occult 玄 (part of magnet 磁 where a bracket 艹 holds 玄/糸 hanging stones 石 that behave mysterious) [Starboard:右舷(うげん); portside:左舷(さげん)]

Mnemonic
 
The ship has mysterious sides.

Radicals

舟 boatThe radical fune is the image of a rowing boat without a stern, with two people, oars laid across and the bow at the top.
玄 mysteriousThe radical gen is easy to remember if you think of “magnet 磁” (cf. magnet 磁石 = じしゃく), where stones 石 are hanging at strings 糸 (simplified to 幺) [and fixed with a bracket 艹] behave mysteriously.




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