forever

(ice) + (dot)
★★★☆☆
5 strokes
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Onyomi

EI

"Fonzie" is the keyword for the EI onyomi, because that was his catchphrase on the show. "EYYYY!" Back in '78, that was the most coveted t-shirt: a half-sleeve jersey with The Fonz giving a thumbs-up and reciting EYYYY!! That's right, I'm old. Didn't ever get that shirt, neither!

Anyway, mnemonic-wise, we can now say that. . .. Fonzie has been icy cool since forever.

Mnemonic

永 consists of ice (氷) plus a dot, which we will, in a blaze of inspiration, call a second snowflake. So now we can say, "It's been icy forever, so we have more than one snowflake. They're piled on top of each other! It's been snowing forever!"

Jukugo

永遠(えいえん)

poetic forever ★★★☆☆
(forever) + (far) = 永遠 (poetic forever)

the poetic 'forever': I'll hate you forever! We shall rule the world forever!

永久(えいきゅう)

forever ★★☆☆☆
(forever) + (been a long time) = 永久 (forever )

forever - the science word. (BOOBOO : the poetic word is 'eien'.(永遠))

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
ice ONE SNOWFLAKE-DOT
water NO FLAKES AT ALL
forever TWO SNOWFLAKE-DOTS

Ice has the SNOWFLAKE on top, water doesn't. So you can say, "Water doesn't have a SNOWFLAKE because water is warm."
If it has been icy for ever, there are TWO SNOWFLAKES piled up on top of each other!

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Synonyms

forever
永久に    永遠に