Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

North

Mnemonic

If you rub an ice stick against a spoon, the spoon will always point north. This is because the ice stick creates a magnetic field that makes the spoon act like a compass needle. That's science, friends!

Readings

On’yomi

ほく

Kun’yomi

きた

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The creatures that use this technique to find north the most are hawks (ほく). They need to go north for the summer, so in spring you’ll see them all rubbing their ice sticks on spoons to point them northwards.

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