Meaning: study, learning
Components: Something close to ツ, 冖 (cover), 子 (child)
- Heisig refers to the combination of the first 5 strokes as “school house.”
My hack: You know how books lean one way or the other when you put them on a bookshelf? I imagine the first three strokes as books. And when a child has to study, s/he is covered in books.
You can also remember “school house” that way as Heisig suggests, because where else would you be covered in books?
For a visual, imagine a child sitting at this desk. The first 3 strokes are the books on the top shelf, strokes 4-5 are the shelf, and the final 3 are the child.
Japanese Study Desk via Rakuten
