Memory phrase for the Kanji: 寞


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Meaning lonely, lonesome

Pronunciation

Explanation

Top: roof , below: negative (sink, go down: The plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset.)

Mnemonic


 
Behind the roof the sunset happens, and it becomes lonely.

Radicals

roof
negative, sunsetThe plants are made by the sun to be large [= as long shadows] at sunset. - The very similar radical stands for sunrise. This seems bizarre, but can be argued based on the characters for morning in comparison to evening 暮.
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 Vocabulary

 寂寞  jì mò  lonely; lonesome; quiet; silent
 落寞  luò mò  lonely; desolate
 落寞  luò mò  


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