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点ける

つける

to switch on

Mnemonic

One single spot of fire, and somebody has to go and put a light to the room. Nobody else is going to do it: つける.

Worth knowing

Same sound as 付ける つける. This one is for anything that lights up, lamps, switches, the telly. つく on its own is it coming on by itself.

Built from

point, dot, light up
灬 fire underneath, one single spot of it, and by extension lighting one.

Also read つける

to attach, to set, to add

Words sharing these kanji

point, mark

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