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Shining


Radical Combination


Meaning

Shining

Mnemonic

The sun calls out to the earth by shining down on it.

The sun doesn't have a voice, unfortunately, so it calls out the only way it can, with its shining rays.


Reading

On'yomi

しょう

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This shining is aimed directly at the Shougun (しょう). The sun is shining on the Shougun to not only show its support for his leadership, but to let him shine brighter than anyone else in Japan.

Picture the Shougun standing in the shining sunlight. He's so bright and beautiful!


Visually Similar Kanji


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