告 Announce

Radical Combination

• 丿

  Slide
• 土

  Dirt
• 口

  Mouth

Meaning

Primary

Announce

Mnemonic

You see a slide covered in dirt and use your mouth to clean it off. Then, you announce to everyone that the slide is clean and they can use it safely again.

Hints

Imagine announcing to all the denizens of the playground that you've licked their slide clean. For some reason, no one seems to be rushing to play on it…

Readings

On’yomi

こく

Kun’yomi

つ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

After you announce the slide is clean, you take a big swig of Coke (こく). The dirty slide left a nasty taste in your mouth, but the Coke is helping to wash it away.

Hints

Honestly, after that big announcement, you deserve a Coke. Public speaking's hard, so you should treat yourself to a Coke whenever you announce something — regardless of whether you had to lick something gross beforehand.