- 27 Apr 2014
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As I read more texts and learn new vocabulary, I've been discovering a number of words with a useful pattern:
挨拶 (greeting - two people waving at each other)
喧嘩 (quarrel - two mouths shouting at each other)
嫉妬 (envy - ...)
襤褸 (tatters)
Considering the above characteristics, it becomes much easier to recognize and remember these words while reading: you can take a shortcut by only looking at the simple left radicals, without (much) danger of mixing up with a different word.
So I wonder, is this an "officially" recognized pattern and does it have a name? Or is it just a nonsensical/dangerous reading optimization
よろしくお願いします。
- Consists of two different kanji that have the same left hand radical.
- One kanji, or even both ones, are exclusively used in this word.
- There are seemingly no other two-kanji words that use this left hand radical twice.
- The left hand radical often lends itself well to making a mnemonic at the word level (rather than the kanji level).
挨拶 (greeting - two people waving at each other)
喧嘩 (quarrel - two mouths shouting at each other)
嫉妬 (envy - ...)
襤褸 (tatters)
Considering the above characteristics, it becomes much easier to recognize and remember these words while reading: you can take a shortcut by only looking at the simple left radicals, without (much) danger of mixing up with a different word.
So I wonder, is this an "officially" recognized pattern and does it have a name? Or is it just a nonsensical/dangerous reading optimization
よろしくお願いします。