Memory phrase for the character: 衝


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Meaning

collide, point of connection, clash

Pronunciation

SHŌ

Explanation

Outside: go 行 (here: pedestrians), center: heavy 重 (vehicle 車 with double wheels)

Mnemonic


 
When a heavy (vehicle) runs into the pedestrians, it colliding in a clash.

Radicals

to goRadical gyougamae is often used in its half shape: 彳 gyounin.
heavyA vehicle 車 with double 二 wheels is for the heavy.




 Vocabulary

衝撃 しょうげき  shock, crash, impact, ballistic
衝突 しょうとつ  collision, conflict


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