Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Dig

Mnemonic

You see fingers on a flag by the exit, indicating that you should dig. The fingers on the flag point downward, just by the exit, as if to say "dig here!" There must be something under here. That's what you think to yourself as you start to dig with your fingers.

Readings

On’yomi

くつ

Kun’yomi

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You dig until you finally hit something. It's a bunch of buried old coots (くつ). They're in an underground room for old coots. One yells up at you, "Whatcha doing to our roof, ya whipper snapper?! Stop digging in our lawn!"

Visually Similar Kanji

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