Kanji of the Week
Kanji Rule (4):
Verbs Can Also Become Pictures.
Pictures can be drawn for both nouns and adjectives. How about verbs? If there is a shape for the verb, you can also draw a picture.
- Meaning
to help
- Reading
On-reading: jo
Kun-reading: tasu(keru)
- Mnemonics
To help somebody, you need power. Look at this character. There are things piled up on the left side. The right side is the character for "power." This is the outline of an arm.
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