図

ず · zu · JLPT N3 · noun

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📐📊 zu sounds like zoo: a zoo map is a figure showing where everything is

図 is an enclosure 囗 with marks inside: a bounded sheet holding a plan. Read ず in 図 (figure) and 地図 chizu (map = ground + drawing); read と in 図書館 toshokan (library). The zoo-map pun covers both sound and meaning.

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