橋 Bridge

Radical Combination

• 木

  Tree
• 天

  Heaven
• 口

  Mouth
• 冋

  Mustache

Meaning

Primary

Bridge

Mnemonic

This tree must've been sent from heaven, because it has a mouth and a mustache. Like some kind of special heaven tree that talks. And why was it sent? To be a bridge. To be the great heavenly bridge that we all, someday, must cross.

Hints

Picture this majestic tree bridge laid on its side, beckoning you into heaven with its mustachioed mouth. "Cross over!" it says in its bridge voice. Do… do you just step over the mouth? Can you wipe your shoes on the mustache, like it's a bristly doormat to heaven?

Readings

On’yomi

きょう

Kun’yomi

はし

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Actually, to get across this bridge you have to give it some hash (はし) browns. That's what the bridge's mouth is for. Hash browns to get across the heaven bridge? Small price to pay, really.

Hints

Hear the bridge shouting "HASH BROWNS" in its bridge voice. You stuff some hash into its mouth and it starts to chew loudly. Oh, ew… Little hash brown bits are getting stuck in its mustache. Fortunately, the bridge lets you across. Unfortunately, it turns out all of heaven smells like hash browns.