梜
chop-stick
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Readings
On'yomi
- キョウ
- コウ
Kun'yomi
- そえいた
Meaning
梜 centers on the idea of a chopstick: a slender wooden tool used in pairs for eating.
Study
Etymology
梜 combines 木 (tree/wood) with 夾, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of pinching or holding between two things, as chopsticks do.
Meaning mnemonic
The left side is wood 木, and the right side 夾 looks like a person 大 with two small helpers 人 on each side, like a pair of wooden chopsticks pinching food.
Reading mnemonic
For キョウ, imagine a pair of chopsticks made of Kyoto cypress: Kyoto -> キョウ, and the wooden chopsticks are from Kyoto.