Memory phrase for the character: 貞

貞

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Meaning

chastity, virtue

Pronunciation

 TEI

Explanation

 Top: divine 卜, bottom: shell/money 貝. Here: 貞操帯 [ていそうたい] means chastity belt

Mnemonic
 
With a key 卜 for the lock 目 above the legs 八 for: the chastity.

Radicals

卜 fortune tellingThis radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.
貝 moneyShows a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八, which were used as money.
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 Vocabulary

童貞 どうてい  bachelor

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