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歌

うた

song

Mnemonic

An open mouth and the same sound coming out of it twice over. Ooh う, ta た, and I had never heard that one before: うた.

Worth knowing

歌う うたう is the verb. 歌 is the song itself.

Built from

song, sing
欠 an open mouth on the right, and on the left the sound coming out of it twice over.

Words sharing these kanji

to sing

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