put/go in

★★★★★
2 strokes
PK

Onyomi

NYUU

Unlike the lookalike 'person' kanji (人), the top of 入 bends left, so you can say,
'I take my NEW axe and put it in your left side, you bourgeois pig!!!! '

Kunyomi

( に / を ) い*れる I put it in (I put the dog in the doghouse)
★★★★★
( に / が ) はい*る it goes in (The dog goes in the doghouse)
★★★★★

Jukugo

入り口(いりぐち)

entrance ★★★★☆ NOKURI
(put/go in) + (mouth) = 入り口 (entrance)

entrance (often shortened to 入口)

入院(にゅういん) する

check in hospital ★★★☆☆
(put/go in) + (institution) = 入院 (check in hospital)

check into the hospital - not for a simple exam, but like you have to stay there at least one night, you're too sick to leave.

入学(にゅうがく)

to start school at a new school ★★☆☆☆
(put/go in) + (knowledge) = 入学 (to start school at a new school)

入館料(にゅうかんりょう)

admission fee ★☆☆☆☆ NP
(put/go in) + (big hall) + (ingredients / fees) = 入館料 (admission fee)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
put/go in TOP FACES LEFT
person TOP FACES RIGHT

The top of 'put in' faces left and - at least in larger fonts - the top little yoink of 'person' faces right.

That's because most people are RIGHT-wing bastards, and the bullets of the LEFTIST, glorious people's revolution will enter the LEFT side of their heads. !Viva Mao!

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