湾 Gulf

Radical Combination

• 氵

  Tsunami
• 赤

  Red
• 弓

  Bow

Meaning

Primary

Gulf

Mnemonic

A tsunami dug out a chunk of the land and now it looks like a big red bow. It's a gulf now!

Hints

Picture all the famous gulfs you learned about in geography class. Most of them look like someone pressed a bow into them and dug out the land. (And just imagine they're red because the earth is bleeding, making the sand red.)

Readings

On’yomi

わん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

How many tsunamis does it take to make a gulf? Just one (わん). If there were more, then no land would be left behind. It would all be taken into the sea.

Hints

Watch one tsunami come in and cut out a chunk of land, leaving behind a big, red gulf.