Memory phrase for the character: 請

請

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Meaning

request, ask, solicit, undertake

Pronunciation

SEI, SHIN
kou, ukeru

Explanation

 Left: word 言 (sound waves out of a mouth 口), right: young, blue 青 (Growing plants appear in the moonshine 月 as blue and young)

Mnemonic
 
The words of the youth are (nothing but) requests.

Radicals

言 word, speechSound waves above the opened mouth 口 symbolize the spoken word.
青 blue, youngAt the top a growing plant (sometimes also 耒 or 丰, as with "life" 生) and below the moon 月. Accordingly, growing plants appear in the moonlight: blue/green.
growing plant




 Vocabulary

申請 しんせい  application, request, petition
要請 ようせい  claim, demand, request, application
請求 せいきゅう  claim, demand, application, request

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