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43 擦 Grate

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Radical Combination

  • 扌 Fingers
  • 宀 Roof
  • 祭 Festival

Meaning

Primary

Grate

Mnemonic

You hold the roof of the festival up with your fingers but it grates on them. The roof is heavy, and you have to walk to keep up, so the roof is grating on them really, really badly.

Hints

Have you ever been to a Japanese festival? There's always one of those portable shrines that are basically just roofs people hold up. That's what you're trying to hold with your fingers as the whole thing grates on them.

Readings

On’yomi

さつ

Kun’yomi

こす, す

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Just when you thought the grating couldn't get worse, someone sat (さつ) down on the roof! AHG! It hurts!

Hints

Picture a very large person that decided to sat down right on top of the roof you've been carrying through the festival. The weight makes the grating so much worse, you can feel the skin coming off of your fingers.

Found In Vocabulary

  • 摩擦
    • まさつ
    • Friction
  • 擦れる
    • すれる
    • To Chafe
  • 擦る
    • する
    • To Rub
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