Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Ford

Alternative

Wade

Mnemonic

A tsunami is coming, and you want to walk over it, so you have to ford it. You don’t walk across a tsunami, you wade across it.

Readings

On’yomi

しょう

Kun’yomi

わた

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Your ability to ford this tsunami impresses everyone who witnesses it, especially the Shougun (しょう). Now that you've taught him a tsunami can be forded, he's going to start sending his troops through them instead of waiting for them to pass.

Found In Vocabulary