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Pale


Radical Combination


Meaning

Pale, Blue

Mnemonic

Flowers grown in a warehouse will be very pale. They never see the sun, so they don't grow to have bright colors.

Imagine walking into a warehouse and seeing hundreds of pale flowers growing in it. It's subtle, but beautiful.


Reading

On'yomi

そう

Kun'yomi

あお

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When you grow pale flowers like this, they don't grow a soul (そう). Soul adds color to plants and flowers. That's probably why ghosts and dead bodies are pale too.

Picture a bunch of pale, soulless flowers. You pick one up and it falls apart in your hands.


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