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ひてい

denial, negation

Mnemonic

A mouth saying not, and saying it firmly enough to settle the matter. He ひ tied てい it down: his friend put an idea up and he took it straight back down: ひてい.

Built from

deny, no
不 not + 口 mouth
fix, settle
宀 a roof with something settled underneath it and not moving again.

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