堤 Embankment

Radical Combination

• 土

  Dirt
• 日

  Sun
• 疋

  Coat Rack

Meaning

Primary

Embankment

Mnemonic

Take some dirt, let it harden in the sun, then pile it up around a coat rack to create a nice embankment. Every embankment secretly has a coat rack holding up all its sun-hardened dirt. Didn't you know?

Hints

Feel the sun beating down on your tired limbs as you pack this dirt around the base of a coat rack. The coat rack provides structure and makes the embankment nice and strong.

Readings

On’yomi

てい

Kun’yomi

つつみ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The secret to building a good embankment is tater (てい) tots. You gotta mix those taters in with the dirt as you pile it up around the coat rack. The taters give the embankment the springy elasticity and spongy absorbency necessary to keep raging flood waters in check.

Hints

You can also snack on the tater tots while constructing your embankment, which is nice.
Just take care to keep your taters clearly separate from your other materials, or else you might get confused and accidentally eat a handful of dirt or something.