Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Hope

Mnemonic

Causing death at every turn, the moon king sits inside his moon, getting ready to cause death on anything in his sights. Sounds a lot like the Death Star from a certain movie. One of which is "Star Wars: A New Hope."

Readings

On’yomi

ぼう

Kun’yomi

のぞ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The name A New Hope, as we all know, comes from the ending where the moon king's son sends a bowling (ぼう) ball into that little opening and knocks it out of the sky.

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