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地獄

じごく

hell

Mnemonic

The ground with a prison built down into it and dogs at the door of it. Gee じ, go ご, get out く. The town looked like that after the earthquake: じごく.

Built from

ground, earth
土 earth on the left. The ground itself, and by extension a place on it.
prison
犭 and 犬 two dogs with 言 speech held between them. The place where you are shut in and barked at.

Words sharing these kanji

surface, ground ground, place underground above ground

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