Memory phrase for the character: 邪

邪

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Meaning

wicked, evil, unjust

Pronunciation

JA

Explanation

 Left: tusk 牙, right: village ⻏

Mnemonic
 
(Invasion of elephants?) A tusk in a village is wicked/evil.

Radicals

牙 tusk of an elephantSide view of an elephant's 象 head with a tusk ノ.
⻏ village, city wallThis radical oozato is always at the right side of the kanji and means "village". Please note the difference to the radical kozato 阝, which means "hill" and is always at the left side of the kanji.




 Vocabulary

邪魔 じゃま  hindrance, intrusion
お邪魔します おじゃまします  Excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you
風邪 かぜ  cold (illness), common cold
無邪気 むじゃき  innocence, simple-mindedness
邪悪 じゃあく  wicked; evil

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