Memory phrase for the character: 鍵

鍵

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Meaning

key (to a lock or a problem), clue

Pronunciation

KEN
kagi

Explanation

Left: gold, metal 金, right: build, construct 建 (The brush 聿 needs to move 廴 at the construction) [The brush 聿 is a part of: 'to write' 書]

Mnemonic

Use metal for your building: That's the key to the problem.

Radicals

金	gold, metal	This radical is always on the left side of a character.
廴	movement	The radical ennyou* stands for movement and is similar to shinnyuu 辶, which equally stands for movement.*
聿	brush

Vocabulary

鍵

かぎ

key

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