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Rapids


Radical Combination


Meaning

Rapids, Shallows

Mnemonic

A tsunami hits a bundle of geoducks, swirling around their weird shapes, and creating rapids! The rapids are so violent, some of the geoducks break out of the bundle and get washed into the shallows.

Picture the bundle of geoducks getting smashed by the tsunami, breaking apart, and getting tossed around in the rapids.


Reading

On'yomi

らい

Kun'yomi

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

While those geoducks are getting tossed about in the rapids, you're sitting in the shallows chomping down on some celery (せ).

Imagine the cool shallow water lapping at your feet as you bite into some crunchy celery and watch the rapids in the distance.


Visually Similar Kanji


Found In Vocabulary