Question

淑 しと.やか graceful, gentle, pure 1 1922 11 85 みず・したみず・さんずい 形声 Phonetic Uncle (the one who is lonely and coaches kids in his spare time) is actually a graceful guy once he hits the water, as he used to be part of the swimming team in his youth. 778

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シュク すく, とし, よし 淑やか(しとやか): graceful S 水: water叔: uncle; youth 水 4 (none) graceful Four straight kanji here with 叔 in it, so let´s make one story: Your UNCLE was full of loneliness (#720) (寂), and he lived by himself. He was naturally graceful (#721) (淑) in the water, and you knew he was once on the Olympic synchronized swimming team. You knew that there was something different about him, but you joined his youth team and he watched over you carefully as coach (#719) (督). It was uncomfortable, though, how your uncle (#718) often touched you just a little above the crotch (叔) when coaching...

Kanji	淑
Onyomi	シュク
Kunyomi	しと.やか
Nanori	すく, とし, よし
English	graceful, gentle, pure
Examples	淑やか(しとやか): graceful
JLPT Level	1
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1922
Components	水: water 叔: uncle; youth
Number of Strokes	11
Kanji Radical	水
Radical Number	85
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	みず・したみず・さんずい
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	graceful
Koohii Story 1	Uncle (the one who is lonely and coaches kids in his spare time) is actually a graceful guy once he hits the water, as he used to be part of the swimming team in his youth.
Koohii Story 2	Four straight kanji here with 叔 in it, so let´s make one story: Your UNCLE was full of loneliness (#720) (寂), and he lived by himself. He was naturally graceful (#721) (淑) in the water, and you knew he was once on the Olympic synchronized swimming team. You knew that there was something different about him, but you joined his youth team and he watched over you carefully as coach (#719) (督). It was uncomfortable, though, how your uncle (#718) often touched you just a little above the crotch (叔) when coaching...
RTK Index (new)	778

Graceful Uncle Youth Water Swimming Team Knew 淑