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Your question seems to be based on the assumption that the way to raise a child in their native language and the way to teach a person a second language should be the same. However, the needs of native learners and non-native learners can be, and almost always certanly are, very different. In any case, how native Japanese speakers learn doesn't matter at all as long as the non-native learners benefit from the techniques they use. –  Questioner Oct 14 '13 at 1:24

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@無色受想行識 jisho.org/kanji/details/%E5%A4%82 –  Ataraxia Oct 13 '13 at 18:03
@無色受想行識 English names vary. The names in the Unicode chart for 2F00-2FDF (Kangxi Radicals) don't include "winter"; they give 夂 instead as KANGXI RADICAL GO. The New Nelson gives it the English nickname "winter", after the Japanese nickname ふゆがしら (冬頭). (You have a good point that names and meaning are distinct!) –  snailboat Oct 13 '13 at 19:39




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So I might build a mnemonic based on treating this with two parts, rather than three: perhaps combining the concept of fire, with each and every: *if each and every part of something is subject to fire, then it is completely burned. Another possible association is with customer/guest (客). We are missing the "roof" part which distinguishes it from "each". Why is that? The store was burned by exhibiting bad customer service (mortal sin in Japan), and lost the roof over their heads.

Another mnemonic that could work, via another connection to "each": the word 烙印 (rakuin) means "brand": a symbol that is burned on, like on cattle. Hence: "Each and every one of my cattle is branded".


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