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RTK / HeisigFrame #923

男

man

Lv 11

Strokes: 7

JLPT: N5

Jƍyƍ: Grade 1

Meanings

man RTK

Mnemonic Aliases

Narrative names used in mnemonics for this kanji.

men(mnemonic)

Community Mnemonic

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Male is seen here as muscles working in the field, in other words working in the rice fields is the work of the male who are usually stronger. This is more or less the meaning of the original Chinese character.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

Radical Components

On'yomi

だんăȘん

Kun'yomi

おべこ

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