童 Juvenile

Radical Combination

• 立

  Stand
• 里

  Village

Meaning

Primary

Juvenile

Mnemonic

Those who stand on top of a village are juvenile. Imagine a bunch of young people standing on the roofs of buildings in the village. That's a juvenile thing to do.

Hints

Picture all those juveniles standing on top of buildings in your village, being bored, and doing juvenile things.

Readings

On’yomi

どう

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Mostly, though, the juveniles are standing on top of village buildings, eating doughnuts (どう).

Hints

Imagine looking up to the top of the buildings in your village. Thousands of juveniles, staring down at you and everyone else, eating doughnuts. The crumbs falling down on top of you. But, the doughnuts smell good, at least. Maybe you try to catch some crumbs.