Memory phrase for the character: 若

若

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Meaning

young, inexperienced, if

Pronunciation

JAKU
wakai, moshi

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: right 右 (This hand ナ/ feeds the mouth 口.) For the mnemonic think to the character "hard 固": Things 囗 (like: herbs, vegetables, meat) with age 古 get hard 固 - Here however:

Mnemonic


 
The plant 艹 that is put by hand ナ into the mouth 口 is: young.

Radicals

若 young
艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
右 rightA hand ナ or and a mouth 口 in the sense that you eat with your right hand.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.




 Vocabulary

若干 じゃっかん  some, few, number of
従容自若 しょうようじじゃく  having presence of mind, self-possessed
若い わかい  young
若々しい わかわかしい  youthful, young

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