派手

はで

showy, flashy

Mnemonic

A hand branching off louder than everybody else's. She is having her heyday はで, down on the ice in front of the entire street: はで.

Worth knowing

地味じみ is the opposite, plain and quiet. 派手 is not always an insult.

Built from

派

faction, send

氵 water on the left splitting off into branches. One stream going its own way apart from the rest.

手

hand

A hand with the fingers drawn out from the wrist.

Words sharing these kanji

立派 fine, excellent 手 hand 手伝う to help 相手 partner, opponent 勝手 selfish, self-centered 上手い skilled, good 両手 both hands 手紙 letter 苦手 hard to deal with, weak point 手段 means, way 片手 one hand 下手 bad at, poor

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