湖 Lake

Radical Combination

• 氵

  Tsunami
• 古

  Old
• 月

  Moon

Meaning

Primary

Lake

Mnemonic

The tsunamis during the old moons (many moons ago) were responsible for the world's lakes.

Hints

Where did lakes come from? They are the residue of tsunamis from many moons ago.

Readings

On’yomi

こ

Kun’yomi

みずうみ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

"That's where lakes come from," you tell the 子 (こ).

Hints

This is just a stupid story to get this 子 to stop asking "why, why, why?" about everything. Earlier, the 子 asked "where do lakes come from?" and you had to come up with a crazy story to quiet them.