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Receive


Radical Combination


Meaning

Receive

Mnemonic

All the world's shellfish are yours to receive.

They're all for you. You're the king of the shellfish. Look at all of them, the entire world's shellfish, and they're all yours to receive.


Reading

On'yomi

せい

Kun'yomi

もら

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Why do you want to receive all these shellfish? Because it's the moral (もら) thing to do. Oh benevolent, moral king of all the world's shellfish, please receive us.

Picture yourself as some enlightened, moral king of all the world's shellfish, with your sole duty to receive and take in all the world's shellfish into your flock.


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