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研究

けんきゅう

research

Mnemonic

Grind away at the thing and then go all the way down to the bottom of it, for years on end. Maths, at graduate school, and Ken けん queued きゅう outside the library at seven: けんきゅう.

Built from

polish, research
石 stone on the left, ground down flat and even. Working away at a thing until it finally comes clear.
investigate to the end
穴 a hole up at the top and somebody going all the way down to the bottom of it.

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