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寄る

よる

to stop by, to drop by

Mnemonic

You duck in under a roof on the way to somewhere else, and you are not stopping long. The same よる as the evening and as the cause, and this one is neither. The bank, before school: よる.

Worth knowing

Same reading as 夜 よる, night. 寄る is a stop on the way, and 寄って is what a shopkeeper calls out at you.

Built from

draw near, drop in
宀 a roof you duck in under on the way to somewhere else. Stopping in rather than arriving.

Also read よる

evening, night to be caused by

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