# 相 partner

木 (tree) + 目 (eye)
★★☆☆☆
9 strokes

## Onyomi

SOU | He's got SO many partners.

## Mnemonic

| If your partner has a tree splinter in their eye, you have to take it out even if it is really gross. And vice versa.

## Kunyomi

あい | partner (only used in 相手, see below!) NUBI ★☆☆☆☆

## Jukugo

相談(そうだん) する | consult ★★★☆☆ 相 (partner) + 談 (consult) = 相談 (consult) a consultation - it doesn't have to be formal. If you want to see your teacher after class, that's a soudan.
相手(あいて) | partner ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN 相 (partner) + 手 (hand) = 相手 (partner) one's partner (in conversation, tennis, or anything else however temporary)
首相(しゅしょう) | Prime Minister ★☆☆☆☆ FP NP 首 (neck) + 相 (partner) = 首相 (Prime Minister) A somewhat newspaper-ish word for Prime Minister (BOOBOO: actually, most people say 総理 instead)
相撲(すもう) | Sumo ☆☆☆☆☆ CCW FP 相 (partner) + 撲 (eradicate) = 相撲 (Sumo) Sumo. I've seen a bunch of of straight porn featuring 'sexy sumo wrestler girls,' but I've been unable to find a single gay sumo porn. Which either means, a) gay dudes think sumo are trolls, b) gay dudes have too much respect for the manliness of Sumo to do a x-rated parody, or c) gay dudes just jerk it to regular sumo on the tube for free.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
組 | one's team | STRING | 糸
祖 | ancestor | NECROPHILIA | ネ
相 | partner | TREE | 木
粗 | rough texture / bad quality | RICE | 米
阻 | hamper | TOWN |

Team spirit is the STRING that binds us into a unit.

We do NECROPHILIA with our ancestors.

The TREE is our partner in the oxygen/co2 cycle.

My RICE is bad quality so everyone in TOWN hampered me from selling it!

## Used In

- 箱
- 想
- 霜

## Synonyms

differ 異なる 差 食い違い 相違 間隔 区別 距離