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8 研 Sharpen

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Radical Combination

  • 石 Stone
  • 开 Lantern

Meaning

Primary

Sharpen

Mnemonic

A stone lantern is an excellent way to sharpen anything, even in the dark. Your knives, your forks, your spoons, and even your sword.

Hints

Imagine walking around at night and you need to sharpen your sword. You walk up to a stone lantern and rub your sword all over it to sharpen it. Touch the blade. Indeed, it's been sharpened!

Readings

On’yomi

けん

Kun’yomi

と

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Why did you sharpen your blade? Because you are about to do battle with Ken (けん), the famous samurai warrior.

Hints

You'll want to remember this character, because he will come up many times throughout your WaniKani journey. Ken the samurai used to work for WaniKani, but then he went rogue because he thought WaniKani wasn't being radical enough. So now he wanders the website carrying his squid friend (who you'll meet later) in a bucket.

To help you visualize him, imagine a samurai with armor made from crab shells, a helmet that is just an alligator head, and swords with crab claw hand guards. His great beard and mustache are styled in the shape of whatever kanji is giving you the most trouble at the time.

Found In Vocabulary

  • 研究
    • けんきゅう
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    • けんきゅうしつ
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    • けんしゅうせい
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