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1 | Mnemonics for Kanji not in Heisig's RTK1 or RTK3 by "thecite" | ||||||
2 | No. | Kanji | Key word | Story/Image | Readings from KanjiDic | In Heisig new editions | |
3 | 1 | 應 | apply [old] | The wild geese apply their knowledge and withdraw from the cliffs into the caves, where their little hearts won’t get a shock from predators. | オウ、ヨウ、あた.る、まさに、こた.える、 | ||
4 | 2 | 軈 | before long | If somebody applies their self, before long they’ll achieve their goal. | やがて、 | ||
5 | 3 | 儘 | at this rate | The person has accidentally snapped their brush, and at this rate will not be able to complete the firing of their dish. | ジン、まま、ことごとく、 | ||
6 | 4 | 魘 | nightmare | At the bottom of a cliff, the sun blares down on the flesh of a dead Chihuahua; its ghost haunts the area. | エン、ヨウ、うな.される、 | ||
7 | 5 | 薔 | rose | The number of times the assembly line workers have dropped their work and toiled over the soil to produce the beloved flowers in season, is uncountable. | バ、ショウ、ショク、ソウ、みずたで、 | ||
8 | 6 | 薇 | royal fern | The royal fern can often be found growing in the ground in patches on nature treks etcetera. | ラ、ビ、ぜんまい、 | ||
9 | 7 | 恪 | try hard | In order to try hard each and every time, you need to have a very determined state of mind. | カク、つつし.む、 | ||
10 | 8 | 籠 | cage [old] | A bamboo cage can’t even hold an old, aging dragon. | ロウ、ル、かご、こ.める、こも.る、こ.む、Name Readings: ごめ、もり、 | 1022 | |
11 | 9 | 罠 | trap | Eyes watch over the person as they wait for them to walk straight into the trap they’ve set. | ビン、ミン、わな、あみ、 | ||
12 | 10 | 埃 | dusty | You wipe the dirt off the surface with your elbow, throwing dust everywhere. It stings like darts (in your wounds). | アイ、ほこり、ちり、 | ||
13 | 11 | 脾 | swollen spleen | Flesh that is lowly and beaten up is a lowly, swollen spleen. | ヒ、 | ||
14 | 12 | 臟 | entrails [old] | Even in the old days, your organs etc would be placed in a storehouse. | ゾウ、はらわた、 | ||
15 | 13 | 拉 | kidnapper | The kidnapper wraps his fingers around the vase and then smashes it on the kid’s head. They carry him away. He’s been kidnapped. | ラツ、ラ、ロウ、らっ.する、ひし.ぐ、くだ.く、 | 696 | |
16 | 14 | 儂 | Mois | Mr.T won’t take any crap from his agricultural workers, “If you go’n complain, leave it all up to mois, fool!” | ドウ、ノウ、わし、かれ、 | ||
17 | 15 | 釧 | Kushiro | There’s a river of gold in Kushiro. | セン、くしろ、うでわ、Name Readings: くし、 | ||
18 | 16 | 煌 | glittering | The disturbed emperor stares straight into the glittering fire. | コウ、きらめ.く、きら.めく、かが.やく、 | ||
19 | 17 | 鬯 | primitive (top half): | salt shaker (rock salt +spoon) | チョウ、かおりぐさ、 | ||
20 | 18 | 鬱 | sulky | The kid in the restaurant is sulky when the salt shaker and can of coke spills all over his paper (wooden) birthday crown, creating a massively shaped sticky puddle all over the floor. | ウツ、うっ.する、ふさ.ぐ、しげ.る、 | 2120 | |
21 | 19 | 屹 | Towering mountains | You are being held over the edge of huge, towering mountains by two burley men, you beg for your life. | キツ、そばだ.つ、 | ||
22 | 20 | 泄 | Emission | Water that spreads over a generation will emit into the atmosphere and rain back down many times. | セツ、エイ、も.れる、 | ||
23 | 21 | 喘 | panting | When the dog has finally made it up to the top of the edge of the mountain, he’ll most likely be panting from his mouth in exhaustion. | ゼン、セン、あえ.ぐ、せき、 | ||
24 | 22 | 涌 | gush | Someone utilises chop-seals to make a sort of wall to stop the gushing water. | ユウ、ヨウ、ユ、わ.く、 | ||
25 | 23 | 蘊 | profound | A captured guy undergoes a profound change of mind; he starts making dishes by threading together flowers in the (prison) yard, and sells them to give the money to charity. Even the bad can do something nice. | ウン、つ.む、 | ||
26 | 24 | 薀 | profoundly | The captured guy starts washing dishes instead. Profoundly changing his bad guy image. | ウン、オン、たくわ.える、つ.む、 | ||
27 | 25 | 藪 | quack [old] | The old quack forced his housewife to pick flowers all day in the back yard for his florist shop. | ソウ、やぶ、 | ||
28 | 26 | 崗 | granite | It is a well known fact that mount everest is nothing more than a mountain of granite. | コウ、おか、 | ||
29 | 27 | 瘡 | syphilis | The sickness that spreads when people are shoved into godowns (slavery), is syphilis. | ソウ、ショウ、かさ、 | ||
30 | 28 | 瘍 | lymphoma | The piggy bank is suddenly struck down with lymphoma; lumps start appearing all over and inside its body. | ヨウ、かさ、 | 1817 | |
31 | 29 | 躁 | manic depression | When the old man with the wooden leg is told he has to drag all the goods to the top of the tree, he spirals into manic depression. | ソウ、さわ.ぐ、 | ||
32 | 30 | 賽 | temple visit | On a temple visit, instead of drinking his cold ice tea, the tourist stops and indulges in some clams for lunch. | サイ、 | ||
33 | 31 | 駝 | ostrich | The horse tries to barge into the house to get at the ostrich that’s sitting on the ground laughing at it inside. | ダ、タ、せむし、 | ||
34 | 32 | 呟 | murmur | A mouth speaking mysterious words is one that murmurs. | ゲン、つぶや.く、 | ||
35 | 33 | 顰 | scowl | Repeatedly scowling at everything you here is a sign of the lowly. | ヒン、ひそ.める、しか.める、 | ||
36 | 34 | 黶 | bruising | Under the cliff the bruised, black flesh of a dead Chihuahua rots under the sun. | アン、エン、ほくろ、 | ||
37 | 35 | 痣 | bruise | The sickness that comes from those with bad intentions, is bruising. | シ、あざ、ほくろ、 | ||
38 | 36 | 餞 | farewell gift | The king throws two parades before he leaves. He presents a farewell gift of a ravish food feast at each. | セン、はなむけ、 | ||
39 | 37 | 拿 | take into custody | The policeman fits the criminal into his hand and drags him into custody. | ダ、ナ、つか.む、ひ.く、 | ||
40 | 38 | 與 | bestow [old] | After winning on the spinning wheel of fortune, the lucky kid is bestowed with a walking stick and slingshot. | ヨ、あた.える、あずか.る、くみ.する、ともに、 | ||
41 | 39 | 嶼 | big island | If an island is bestowed with a big mountain, the entire island will generally be deemed a 'big island'. | ショ、しま、 | ||
42 | 40 | 襁 | diaper | There’s no stronger cloak than a diaper. | キョウ、むつき、 | ||
43 | 41 | 褓 | nappy | A cloak to protect the baby from embarrassment. | ホ、ホウ、むつき、 | ||
44 | 42 | 舐 | licking | The man says his more than odd family name, which consist entirely of licking sounds. | シ、ねぶ.る、な.める、 | ||
45 | 43 | 磔 | crucifixion | Spectators throws stones at the shade-wearing man being crucified on the wooden cross. | タク、チャク、さ.く、はりつけ、ひらく、 | ||
46 | 44 | 哺 | nurse | The nurse staples dog tags to the patients’ mouths. | ホ、はぐく.む、ふく.む、 | 1979 | |
47 | 45 | 齎 | bring about | Wearing a top-hat, a shirt with a ‘Y’ on it (his family name), holding a dagger in his hand, the young punk brings about a trouble as he walks through the front fence posts, going to steal some money. | セイ、サイ、シ、もた.らす、 | ||
48 | 46 | 嗜 | tastes | The elderly man likes to shove food in his mouth and experience some different tastes before he hits the grave. | シ、たしな.む、たしな.み、この.む、この.み、 | ||
49 | 47 | 涵 | nurture | A man so in love with his bins that he washes them every day and nurtures them. | カン、ひた.す、 | ||
50 | 48 | 頸 | Carotid | One crafty patrol grabs a man by the head and smashes his carotid with a metal sewer pipe. | ケイ、くび、 | ||
51 | 49 | 囀 | tweet | The bird opens its mouth and tweets furiously at the car driving through the ten rice fields. The man slams his elbow on the horn and glues it there. | テン、さえず.る、 | ||
52 | 50 | 嘴 | beak | The bird stops and sits down on an angled branch, opens its beaky mouth and grooms itself. | シ、くちばし、はし、 | ||
53 | 51 | 髻 | samurai top knot | In the old times, hair used to be tied in the shape of a samurai top knot、for good luck. | ケイ、キツ、たぶさ、みずら、もとどり、 | ||
54 | 52 | 腿 | thigh [old] | The flesh that gets injured from walking on tough, silver roads in the old days is your thigh. | タイ、もも、 | ||
55 | 53 | 髀 | thigh bone | A lowly skeleton is a thigh bone. | ヒ、ヘイ、もも、 | ||
56 | 54 | 彅 | kusanagi | Kusanagi from SMAP uses a bow for pruning on Ninkyo Helper. | |||
57 | 55 | 盧 | hut | The tigers kept in the field surround the hut to get their dish of food. | ロ、 | ||
58 | 56 | 衍 | overflowing | Water that goes and goes will be overflowing anything. | エン、あまり、しく、はびこ.る、 | ||
59 | 57 | 鞦 | push swing | With the nice weather in autumn, many kids sit on that leather seat and have a push swing. | シュウ、ふらん.に、しりがい、 | ||
60 | 58 | 韆 | swings | Swings have undergone a transition from being crappy leather straps to sturdy plastic seats. | セン、 | ||
61 | 59 | 褄 | dress | The cloak that your wife wears is a dress. | つま、 | ||
62 | 60 | 愕 | amazement | The state of mind when your chin falls off. | ガク、おどろ.く、 | ||
63 | 61 | 匍 | crawling | Offspring bound up in diapers crawling around. | ホ、は.う、 | ||
64 | 62 | 匐 | creeping | Thieves creeping up to still the wealth man’s bundle of treasures. | ホク、フク、 | ||
65 | 63 | 訝 | misunderstood | Words taken like tusks into the heart have been misunderstood. | ガ、ゲ、いぶか.る、 | 2753 | |
66 | 64 | 頷 | nod approval | A nod of approval includes a movement of the head. | ガン、カン、うなず.く、あご、 | ||
67 | 65 | 熾 | raging | A raging flame emerges from the Kazoo, killing the spectators. | シ、おこ.る、おこ.す、さかん、 | ||
68 | 66 | 揉 | debating | The weak debater points a soft finger at the opposition and gives soft, weak insults. | ジュウ、も.む、も.める、 | ||
69 | 67 | 亂 | riot [old] | The invaders unleash their vultures and even chuck chop seals at the glass case that the defenders hold up with their elbows and crotches leaning against the glass. The riot prevails when the defenders come out and start hooking the invaders. | ラン、ロン、みだ.れる、みだ.る、みだ.す、みだ.れ、おさ.める、わた.る、 | ||
70 | 68 | 疇 | category | A rice field perfectly fits the category of longevity. They’ve been around for ages. | チュウ、うね、たぐい、ひと.しい、 | ||
71 | 69 | 黽 | old eel | The mouth and sun shaped shell of an old eel is split down the middle. | ボウ、ビン、ベン、ミン、メン、あおが.える、つと.める、 | ||
72 | 70 | 蜥 | lizard | The lizard chops the insects head off with its mouth and sucks its juices out. | シャク、セキ、とかげ、 | ||
73 | 71 | 蜴 | skink | A skink can catch insects very easily.. .and eat them. | エキ、 | ||
74 | 72 | 爬 | reptile | Reptiles are much hunted; their claws are wantedfor making valuable mosaics. | ハ、か.く、 | ||
75 | 73 | 斃 | bloody death | A man has a shredder shoved on top of his head. Needless to say, he dies a bloody death. | ヘイ、たお.れる、たお.す、 | ||
76 | 74 | 璧 | perfection | The tomatoes the size of balls were perfection for creating ketchup. | ヘキ、たま、 | 1617 | |
77 | 75 | 聊 | slightly | The ears of the hare are slightly bent. Just slightly. | リョウ、いささか、 | ||
78 | 76 | 癇 | irritable | The sickness when you’re flesh is rearing the gate, ready to smash someone, is irritableness. | カン、ひきつけ、 | ||
79 | 77 | 癪 | spasm | The sickness that takes a large volume of energy is spasm. | しゃく、 | ||
80 | 78 | 几 | gale | Use your imagination. | キ、きにょう、T2つくえ、 | ||
81 | 79 | 旁 | right side of character | If you stand on top of your crown holding your compass, you’re likely to miss the right side of a character, (on your crown), covered by your feet. | ボウ、ホウ、つくり、かたがた、かたわら、 | ||
82 | 80 | 茫 | expansive | The dead flowers hanging over the river fall off, floating away in the vast expanse of rushing water. | ボウ、とお.い、 | ||
83 | 81 | 韋 | tanned leather | The locket came with a tanned leather strap to be worn around the neck. | イ、そむ.く、T2なめしがわ、 | ||
84 | 82 | 聳 | escalate upwards | When escalating upwards too quickly, your ears become blocked and seem almost as if they’re no longer there. (not accompanying you) | ショウ、そび.える、 | ||
85 | 83 | 靄 | mist | The light mist washes in like rain, freezing the muchacho to death and muffling his pitiful words. | アイ、もや、 | 2871 | |
86 | 84 | 霍 | all of a sudden | The turkey’s out in the field when all of a sudden it starts raining, he’s struck by lightning. | カク、にわか、Name Readings: つる、 | ||
87 | 85 | 謳 | singsong | The mouth that ate the box of goods cracks out in singsong out of satisfaction. | オウ、ウ、うた.う、 | ||
88 | 86 | 瀉 | have diarrhoea | Stuck in your house as the lagoon flows out of you. | シャ、くだ.す、は.く、Name Readings: だか、 | ||
89 | 87 | 叟 | respectable old man | The respectable old man still cooked his own food with his mortar and walking stick, but required assistance when emptying has crotch at the lavatory. | ソウ、シュウ、おきな、 | ||
90 | 88 | 踪 | lost tracks | The wooden leg was the last remaining item of the religion, all other tracks had been lost. | ソウ、ショウ、あと、 | 1382 | |
91 | 89 | 蛆 | maggot | The flies that gathered on your shelves to eat the rotting meat left a present. | ソ、ショ、うじ、 | ||
92 | 90 | 蚯 | earthworm | Earthworms live in hills of dirt. | キュウ、みみず、 | ||
93 | 91 | 蚓 | worm | Worms are an insect you can really pull on. | ズ、イン、みみず、 | ||
94 | 92 | 撥 | collide with | In the teepee, the bowman and missile bearer collided with each other, rousing some eye gouging, and explosions. | ハツ、バチ、は.ねる、おさ.める、 | ||
95 | 93 | 獪 | evil genius | The meeting of wild dogs is sure to produce some sort of evil genius plan to take over the world, and destroy the arch enemy – cat. | カイ、わるがしこ.い、 | ||
96 | 94 | 蜘 | spider | The insect that knows how to hunt (spider web) | チ、くも、 | ||
97 | 95 | 蛛 | arachnid | The arachnid is a vermillion beast. It stays still, like a dead tree, then pounces when no one’s looking. | チュ、シュ、 | ||
98 | 96 | 拗 | obstinate | In their infancy, kids are obstinate, and often give people the finger. | オウ、ヨウ、イク、ユウ、ねじ.れる、こじ.れる、す.ねる、ねじ.ける、 | ||
99 | 97 | 傲 | arrogant | Mr.T, the arrogant taskmaster he is, assures the group he’s leading them in the right direction. Until he realises his compass is filled with dirt. | ゴウ、おご.る、あなど.る、 | 1054 | |
100 | 98 | 嚥 | swallowing | The mouth that swallows Swallows is swallowing them whole. | エン、の.む、 |