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Orphan


Radical Combination


Meaning

Orphan, Alone

Mnemonic

There was once a melon child, that is, a child with the body of a melon. When he was born, his parents didn't want him, so he became an orphan.

The "melon boy orphan," is what they called him. Imagine a melon (your favorite kind) with a face and arms and legs sticking out. He walks up to you and says "hello kind person, could you help an orphan?"


Reading

On'yomi

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The orphan melon boy is but a 子 (こ).

That's the sad thing about the melon orphan boy... he's just a child. "Hello gov, I'm just a child," he says to you.


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