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RTK / HeisigFrame #964

shift

Lv 28

Strokes: 11

JLPT: N2

Jōyō: Grade 5

Meanings

shift RTK

Community Mnemonic

833 votes

Picture the wheat field, filled with many, many stalks of wheat. Notice how they shift like waves in the slightest breeze. When you hear shift, just picture that scene.

Source: Kanji Koohii community

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