担 Carry

Radical Combination

• 扌

  Fingers
• 旦

  Dawn

Meaning

Primary

Carry

Alternative

Bear

Mnemonic

You use your fingers at dawn to carry many things. You have to carry yourself out of bed. You have to carry your backpack or purse or laptop bag to school or work. Your fingers have to carry a lot of weight around at dawn.

Hints

Think about your morning routine. You carry yourself into the bathroom and carry a toothbrush into your mouth. You carry your coat and bag out the door.

Readings

On’yomi

たん

Kun’yomi

にな, かつ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Once you're carrying everything, and the dawn sun is shining bright, you start getting tan (たん). Especially those fingers you're using to carry things.

Hints

Picture yourself carrying a coat and a bag, walking through the rice fields to work, with the hot, dawn sun shining down, making your fingers get tanner and tanner.