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Samurai


Radical Combination


Meaning

Samurai

Mnemonic

The samurai radical and the samurai kanji are the same!

Know your radicals, yo!


Reading

On'yomi

Kun'yomi

さむらい

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The most famous samurai in Japanese history was the illustrious sheep (し) samurai. He wasn't JUST a sheep who learned the ways of the sword, he would use the wool from the sheep enemies he killed to create his armor!

Picture the sheep samurai. Maybe draw him on a piece of paper. He's a sheep wearing wool armor, and he has ram horns on the hilt of his katana.


Visually Similar Kanji


Found In Vocabulary