Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Charcoal

Mnemonic

You climb up a mountain and a cliff in search of fire, but all you find is charcoal. You can make fire with the charcoal, but you were hoping to find fire itself. All that climbing for nothing.

Readings

On’yomi

たん

Kun’yomi

すみ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

After crushing the charcoal, you decide to take advantage of your current location and lie out in the sun for a while to get a tan (たん). Instead of getting a tan though, you catch on fire. Oops.

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