sign / indication

(goleft) + (mountain) + (king) + (director)
★★★☆☆
14 strokes
BETA

Onyomi

CHOU

Margaret CHOu shows no signs of being funny.

Mnemonic

If you go to the king's mountain, you'll see a sign of the director (his footprints and cologne).

Jukugo

特徴(とくちょう)

characteristic ★★★☆☆
(special) + (sign / indication) = 特徴 (characteristic )

a characteristic of something ("Loving big stuff for the sake of big stuff is characteristic of Americans.")

象徴(しょうちょう)

symbol ★★☆☆☆
(elephant / phenomenon) + (sign / indication) = 象徴 (symbol)

literary symbol ; "In the novel, the trees symbolize life." 'The color red in the painting symbolizes communism.' (しょうちょうする=to symbolize something)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
sign / indication KING
teeny PIE
withdraw HAND
do thoroughly GO

A crown is a sign of a KING.
I'll eat a TEENY PIE because I am on a diet.
You withdraw your HAND, while I GO to thoroughly accomplish a quest of some sort.

Synonyms

sign, symbol, mark
標識    記号    象徴    印    符号    暗号