glueglue

(bottom radical) (open scissors) + (dot)
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99% of the time you see this, it's a RADICAL, meaning glue. (why glue? Because the main kanji you'll see it in is 'stick to' - as you'll soon see!)

Anyway, even if 'glue' is kind of an arbitrary keyword, it's STILL better than the original meaning: 'An obsolete unit of measurement for determining pants sizes.'

Onyomi

SUN

Mnemonic

Let's think of the dot as a drop of GLUE.

thus. . .

A tiny amount of glue and SOON my scissors will be fixed!

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