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危険

きけん

danger, dangerous

Mnemonic

A figure at a cliff edge and the steep mound beside it, both of them ground you come off. Cars both ways, no pavement, somebody yelling keep き in, Ken けん: きけん.

Worth knowing

危険 works as a noun and with な in front of a noun. 危ない あぶない is the spoken one you shout.

Built from

dangerous
A figure crouched at the top of a cliff with another underneath it. Nothing good is about to happen.
steep, harsh
阝 a mound on the left, and the steep sort. Ground you can come off.

Words sharing these kanji

dangerous, uncertain

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