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風

かぜ

wind

Mnemonic

The frame is the gust and the insect inside it is what the old idea reckoned the wind was carrying. The same かぜ is also the word for a cold, which is what it gives you. It takes your hat as well: かぜ.

Worth knowing

風邪 かぜ, with a different second character, is a cold. 風邪を引く かぜをひく is catching one.

Built from

wind, style
A frame with 虫 an insect inside it, from the old idea that the wind carried them.

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