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Special


Radical Combination


Meaning

Special

Mnemonic

This cow temple is special. This cow must have been very important to have an entire temple dedicated to it.

Picture a temple dedicated to a single cow. All of the people who come and worship here have a special place in their hearts for the cow.


Reading

On'yomi

とく

Kun'yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This cow is special because it belonged to Tokugawa (とく) Ieyasu, the first shōgun of the Tokugawa shogunate and uniter of Japan! He's a super important figure in Japanese history. You should absolutely look him up and read a bit about him (when you're caught up on these lessons, that is).

You walk up to a statue of the special cow in the temple and see a collar around its neck that says "Tokugawa Moo Moo" on it. How... special!


Visually Similar Kanji


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