牙 Radical Memonic

WaniKani
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Mnemonic

Imagine this in your mouth. It’s one tooth that sticks out more than any other. It’s your fang. Can you see this sticking out of a wolf mouth instead? Try that if you can’t picture yourself with a fang this cool.

I don’t see the fang. Can anyone explain how you see the fang?

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To be honest, not really. I just remember [that] = fang.

But if I had to guess what they meant, it would have to be something like this (roughly):

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(I’m not even sure which stroke is supposed to be the fang :smiley: )

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Google gave me a couple results telling me it’s supposed to look like a molar from the side…

But I kinda like this picture better (stolen from google images)
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Somehow looks like elephant tusks. An elephant heading left, including its head and front legs (or its lower lip of mouth?).

There is a pictographic origin, but not sure if it helps.
(But indeed, I just remembered that 牙(きば) = fang.)

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fang?

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As for me, I view 牙 as “leaf” + “genius”:
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Leaf genius invented fangs trunky_rolling