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Seedling


Radical Combination


Meaning

Seedling, Sapling

Mnemonic

Flowers that grow in a rice paddy only live to be seedlings. Once they sprout, they're plucked away to make room for more rice. Poor little seedlings.

Picture the seedlings growing among the rice plants. Once they bloom they'll be picked, so let's hope they stay small as long as they can.


Reading

On'yomi

みょう, びょう

Kun'yomi

なえ, なわ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The seedlings try their best to blend in by referring to themselves as myou (みょう), you know, me and you combined. That's myou.

Listen to the little seedlings say myou over and over. Too bad the farmers can tell they aren't rice plants.


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