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Horse Chestnut


Radical Combination


Meaning

Horse Chestnut

Mnemonic

You see a tree growing on a cliff and it has ten thousand horse chestnuts growing on it. These trees are rare, only grow on cliffs, and they always have exactly ten thousand horse chestnuts on each one.

Picture this tree, weighed down by it's own horse chestnuts, leaning over the edge of the cliff.


Reading

On'yomi

None

Kun'yomi

とち

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You decide to take a bite of a horse chestnut because it looks yummy, and there are ten thousand, so it's not like anyone will notice. You crack it open and take a nice big bite to find out that it tastes like toe cheese (とち)! UHG! It's the worst thing you've ever tasted. Like hot, moldy toe cheese! Ewwww!

Horse chestnuts taste like nasty toe cheese. Imagine what having one in your mouth would be like.


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