Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Push

Mnemonic

Take your fingers, put them on this turtle shell, and push push push! Push the turtle right on out of there.

Readings

On’yomi

おう

Kun’yomi

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You're trying to push this turtle out so you can use the shell for your new obi (). You keep seeing other people wearing turtle shell patterns on their obi, but you're going to go a step further. You're going to MAKE your obi out of actual turtle shells! You just have to push this darn turtle out first.

Visually Similar Kanji

Found In Vocabulary