Question

雅 みや.び gracious, elegant, graceful, refined 1 1192 13 172 ふるとり 形声 Phonetic Goodness gracious! Such an elegant turkey with a tusk. This mnemonic is meant to join RtK´s keyword with a better proposition. Heisig could have used "elegant" here, which is not confounded so easily with graceful (#721), and accurately represents the character´s meaning (it is also the chosen keyword in Kodansha´s Kanji Learner´s Dictionary).

Accepted Answer

ガ う, お, か, ただし, のり, まさ, まさし, よし 雅致(がち): artistry; good taste; elegance; grace S 牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92)隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172) 隹 8 (none) gracious To not confuse it with grace (#606) or graceful (#721), think of the phrase "Goodness gracious." Like: "Goodness gracious! A turkey with tusks!".

Kanji	雅
Onyomi	ガ
Kunyomi	みや.び
Nanori	う, お, か, ただし, のり, まさ, まさし, よし
English	gracious, elegant, graceful, refined
Examples	雅致(がち): artistry; good taste; elegance; grace
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1192
Components	牙: tusk; fang; tusk radical (no. 92) 隹: bird; old bird radical (no. 172)
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	隹
Radical Number	172
Radical Strokes	8
Radical Reading	ふるとり
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	gracious
Koohii Story 1	Goodness gracious! Such an elegant turkey with a tusk. This mnemonic is meant to join RtK´s keyword with a better proposition. Heisig could have used "elegant" here, which is not confounded so easily with graceful (#721), and accurately represents the character´s meaning (it is also the chosen keyword in Kodansha´s Kanji Learner´s Dictionary).
Koohii Story 2	To not confuse it with grace (#606) or graceful (#721), think of the phrase "Goodness gracious." Like: "Goodness gracious! A turkey with tusks!".

Grace Radical Gracious Turkey Keyword Graceful Goodness 雅