Memory phrase for the character: 閣

閣

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Meaning

cabinet, chamber, tower

Pronunciation

 KAKU

Explanation

 Outside: gate 門, inside: each/every 各 (With crossed legs 夂 on a cushion 口 sits everybody.)

Mnemonic
 
With a gate that is (open) for everybody: The cabinet.

Radicals

門 gateThe radical mon is the picture of a gate.
各 every, everybody
夂 crossed legsThis radical is either understood as sitting with crossed legs or an upturned foot.
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 Vocabulary

閣僚 かくりょう  cabinet minister
金閣寺 きんかくじ  Kinkakuji (famous temple in Kyoto)
内閣 ないかく  cabinet, (government) ministry

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