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Shift


Radical Combination


Meaning

Shift

Mnemonic

A grain, from one evening to the next evening, experiences a shift. After two evenings, the grain has shifted from one location to another.

Picture the grain in your head with a time-lapse of one evening after another happening in the background. Slowly, the grain shifts.


Reading

On'yomi

Kun'yomi

うつ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This shift is caused by the eagle (い) that wants to eat the grains. Every other evening, the eagle swoops down, shifts the grains (eating a few) and then flies off.

Picture the eagle flying down on the second evening, scattering the grains it doesn't eat, shifting their location.


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