村 Village

Radical Combination

• 木

  Tree
• 寸

  Measurement

Meaning

Primary

Village

Mnemonic

Someone’s taking measurements of the trees… Why is someone taking measurements of trees? These people are planning to take the trees and cut them down to make their village.

Hints

There is a whole group of people out there who are measuring these trees. Imagine them asking each other “do you think this will be a good tree for our village center?” and other people nodding in agreement or disagreement as they measure.

Readings

On’yomi

そん

Kun’yomi

むら

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

They take all the wood back to where they're building their village and once they construct the village center they paint a mural (むら) on the side of it. The mural is of the forest where they got the tree from so they remember the building's origins.

Hints

Look at the mural on the side of this newly constructed village center. So many trees! Visualize the whole process as the tree becomes a building as you gaze and reflect on the message of the mural.