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Present Time


Radical Combination


Meaning

Present Time, Appear

Mnemonic

The king can see the present time for what it really is. The future isn't important. The past isn't important. The present is when everything appears.

People are constantly asking the king to do things for them and solve their problems. But the king can see exactly what needs to be done at the present time, and what can wait until tomorrow.


Reading

On'yomi

げん

Kun'yomi

あらわ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

At the present time the king is Genji (げん). The time has finally come for him to get serious, and as they say, there's no time like the present.

Picture pretty Genji, carefully instructing his followers what to do at the present time and what can wait.


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