笛 Flute

Radical Combination

• 竹

  Bamboo
• 由

  Reason

Meaning

Primary

Flute

Mnemonic

Within the bamboo grove, someone asks your reason for being there, and you explain it's to harvest bamboo to craft a flute.

Hints

Imagine yourself cutting down some bamboo, thinking, "This is the reason I'm here, I need a flute, ASAP!" There is no other reason to be here besides this.

Readings

On’yomi

てき

Kun’yomi

ふえ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You cut down the bamboo and whittle a flute. You start playing a song. You know the reason why. An alien spacecraft comes flying down and drops a box full of alien tech (てき) in front of you.

Hints

You've done what you came to do. You summoned an alien craft with your bamboo flute, gaining some alien tech in the process. Open up the box to see what tech awaits you.