懇 Courteous

Radical Combination

• 豸

  Badger
• 艮

  Root
• 心

  Heart

Meaning

Primary

Courteous

Mnemonic

A badger, at the root of its heart, is a courteous creature.

Hints

They may seem gruff and rude at first, but they'll still let you in their home in the middle of winter unannounced and offer you tea, a warm fire, and a place to sleep.

Readings

On’yomi

こん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Badgers are especially courteous to condors (こん). Condors live in the trees while badgers live in burrows under those trees. When humans tear down the condor's homes, the badgers who live below them always let them stay over until they get back on their feet.

Hints

Picture a courteous badger taking care of an injured, and now homeless, condor. It's fluffing the condor's pillows, bringing it soup, and patting it on the shoulder saying, "There, there."