Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Rice Bowl

Mnemonic

Into a well, a drop of rice falls from your rice bowl. You were eating out of your rice bowl on the side of a well, and some rice fell out of your rice bowl and this drop of rice proceeded to fall all the way down.

Readings

On’yomi

None

Kun’yomi

どん, どんぶり

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Just then, the don (どん) of your local mafia shows up, steals your rice bowl, and shoves you into the well. You’d gotten on the don’s bad side, so he came to teach you a lesson. The don steals your rice bowl and shoves you into the well.

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