Mnemonic
Butler Alfred is vacationing in italy when he stumbles upon a golden scepter buried beneath Roman ruins. He raises the scepter skyward and ghostly senators materialize, bowing before him. Alfred, now honorary emperor of Italy, graciously serves espresso to the entire ancient Senate.
Additional thoughts
Picture Alfred in his formal uniform standing in a Roman colosseum, holding a glowing scepter while toga-clad ghosts kneel. The butler-in-Rome image locks Italy firmly to these two radicals.Quick recall
Butler Alfred raises a scepter in Roman ruins, becoming honorary emperor of italy.Details
The keyword for 伊 is italy. This kanji is primarily used as a phonetic character to represent the sound "i" in the transliteration of foreign words, most notably in 伊太利 (Italia), the Japanese rendering of Italy. It can also function as a personal name character in Japanese and has classical Chinese uses as a demonstrative pronoun meaning "that" or "he/she." In modern Japanese, it is most commonly encountered as an abbreviation for Italy in compounds and newspaper headlines.
- On'yomi
- い
- Kun'yomi
- かれ