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Beforehand


Radical Combination


Meaning

Beforehand

Mnemonic

What does your mama tell you to do in the street? Look before you cross! You gotta do it beforehand, or it could be too late.

Imagine yourself about to cross the street, and your mama saying in your ear: "always look beforehand"!


Reading

On'yomi

Kun'yomi

あらかじ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

As you look beforehand, you see a yo-yo (よ) lying in the street.

As you cross the road, you pick up the yo-yo and put it in your pocket. You're really glad you looked beforehand, because you now have a yo-yo!


Visually Similar Kanji


Found In Vocabulary