Memory phrase for the character: 荘

荘

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Meaning

villa, majestic, solemn

Pronunciation

SŌ, SHŌ

Explanation

Top: plant 艹, bottom: robust 壮 (The bed 丬 of the samurai 士 is robust.)

Mnemonic


 
The plants look very robust in that villa.

Radicals

艹 plant, grassShows two plants growing through the ground, and is a simple variation of 艸.
壮 robust, manly
丬 bedShows a sliced tree trunk. It is used as "bed". cf. 片
士 samuraiA proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".




 Vocabulary

別荘 べっそう  holiday house, villa


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