脣
lip
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Readings
On'yomi
- シン
Kun'yomi
- くちびる
Meaning
脣 centers on the lip, the fleshy border of the mouth.
Study
Etymology
脣 combines 月 (flesh) with 辰, which likely contributes the sound. Together they express the fleshy lip.
Meaning mnemonic
The flesh radical 月 sits under 辰, like the soft fleshy part of the mouth: the lip.
Reading mnemonic
For シン, imagine a thin lip: thin -> シン, and the lip is the thin fleshy edge of the mouth.