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Deliberate


Radical Combination


Meaning

Deliberate

Mnemonic

If someone makes a bamboo horse, you know it's deliberate. You can't accidentally make an entire horse out of bamboo.

Someone sat down and deliberately planned the entire horse out, collected the materials, and made it by hand.


Reading

On'yomi

とく

Kun'yomi

あつ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

As you admire all the deliberate details in this bamboo horse, the ghost of Tokugawa (とく) Ieyasu appears before you! "I deliberately made this horse to show you how important being deliberate is. You should be absolutely certain and decisive about your decisions."

Tokugawa Ieyasu then poofs out of existence and so does the bamboo horse.


Visually Similar Kanji


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