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Nucleus


Radical Combination


Meaning

Nucleus

Mnemonic

You take a tree and slice it until you reach its nucleus. To get to the nucleus of the tree you have to make many a slice, but it’s possible.

Imagine slicing this tree smaller and smaller until you finally get to the nucleus of it. It’s super tiny so you have to view it in a microscope. What does it look like?


Reading

On'yomi

かく

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

It looks like a cock (かく). And by cock I mean a male chicken – a rooster. Why does the nucleus of a tree look like a cock? Science is weird.

Look at this tree nucleus that looks like a cock. While you’re watching it, the nucleus goes “Cock-a-doodle-doo!”


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