Meanings
Readings
Common Words
Humble; Transitive verb
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy
Humble; Polite; Transitive verb
to eat; to drink
Transitive verb; Orig. meaning
to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top)
Transitive verb
to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)
Humble; Auxiliary verb; Follows a verb in "-te" form
to get someone to do something
Humble; Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb
receiving; getting; accepting; being given
Humble; Common noun; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb
eating; drinking; having
Familiar; Female; Word usually written using kana alone; Expressions; As ใใใกใใใ ใ or after the -te form of a verb
please (give me; do for me)
Geometry
vertex; apex
top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; peak
top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
peak (of popularity, a boom, etc.); height (e.g. of prosperity); apex; zenith; climax
top; summit; peak
Humble
to have the privilege of doing
top (of a mountain); summit
peak; height; zenith; acme; climax
Colloquial; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb
orgasm; climax
top; summit; apex; peak
ใฆใฃใบใ only; Slang; Often in ใฆใฃใบใใๅใ or ใฆใฃใบใๅใ
twelve o'clock (usu. midnight)
Esp. ้ ่พบ when in kanji
top of one's head; top of a helmet; (top of) scalp; crown
Esp. ้
crown (of head); summit (of mountain); spire
Esp. ้ ใ, ๆดใ
easy win for one
Esp. ้ ใ, ๆดใ
something received
summit (of a mountain)
Memory Mnemonics
Keywords
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Constituents
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Mnemonic Stories
Imagine a modern version of Jesus being crowned with a crown of nails placed on the head.
This kanji is used in common phrase ใใใใ ใใพใ!ใ, but usually itโs written with only kana. If you know that word, maybe you can imagine a King humbly receiving a crown and being crowned with it.
Heisig deemed this one โplace on the headโ but that seems harder to remember. The important thing to remember is that itโs more about the location, and not a physical crown.
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