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Destitute


Radical Combination


Meaning

Destitute

Mnemonic

Put a hole in someone's body with a bow and they'll become destitute. You put a hole in them. They can't work. They can't take care of their house or their kids. They've lost it all.

Picture a destitute person wandering in the streets with a hole in their body.


Reading

On'yomi

きゅう, きょう

Kun'yomi

きわ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You see this destitute person and decide to give them a cucumber (きゅう). They don't even remember that they're supposed to eat those, so they shove it in the hole you made with your bow.

Picture a destitute person, sitting on the street, holding a cucumber. Putting the cucumber in their hole. Crying.


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