勲 Merit

Radical Combination

• 重

  Heavy
• 力

  Power
• 灬

  Boil

Meaning

Primary

Merit

Mnemonic

You're in a really important position, heavy with power, but you can't carry all of that around with you, so you boil it all down to just a few merits.

Hints

Most people in places heavy with power, like the scouts, boil down all of their responsibilities and accomplishments this way into merit badges.

Readings

On’yomi

くん

Kun’yomi

いさお

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The only problem with consolidating your merits like this is that raccoons (くん) are always trying to steal them. Raccoons really like shiny, small things. Like, say, the physical representation of all your personal and professional merits.

Hints

This is why you never see a military officer or a girl scout leaving their merit badges out in the open. They pin them right onto their clothes. Otherwise the raccoons would come.