光 Light

Radical Combination

• ⺌

  Triceratops
• 兀

  Pi

Meaning

Primary

Light

Alternative

Shine

Mnemonic

You see a triceratops in the distance. But, it's odd. It's perfectly pi shaped (that is, circular, like a pie). Some kind of piceratops, if you will. The reason they are this shape is because they want to absorb as much light as possible. They evolved to be round so they don't have any corners casting a shadow.

Hints

Absorbing light is natural for reptiles, and a round one can absorb even more. Imagine this strange, round piceratops basking in the warm rays of light shining down from the sky. What a rare sight you've come across.

Readings

On’yomi

こう

Kun’yomi

ひかり, ひか

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

As you watch this majestic beast absorbing light, suddenly several dozen feral こういちs burst out from the wilderness, spears in hand. Oh no! Those こういちs are hunting this rare piceratops!

Hints

Imagine many different (but also kind of the same) こういちs attacking and throwing spears at the piceratops. Little do they know that it's fully charged up after absorbing all that light, and it unleashes a bright flash of energy, rendering all the こういちs momentarily blind and allowing it to escape.