揃える

そろえる · soroeru · JLPT N3 · verb-ichidan

to put things in order

👞👞 soro- sounds like sort: hand 扌 + front 前 = sort things into a line in front

揃 joins the hand radical 扌 with 前 (front): your hand sets things square in front of you. The common phrase 靴を揃える means lining your shoes up neatly at the door. Soroeru starts with soro, close to sort.

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