Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Waist

Alternative

Lower Back

Mnemonic

You approach the Moon in a helicopter and see a woman there on the surface, touching her waist. She's posing with one hand on her waist, like she's Sailor Moon or something. I guess that would explain what she's doing here on the Moon!

Readings

On’yomi

よう

Kun’yomi

こし

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Once you get close, you see that her waist looks weird and… puffy? You realize she's stuffed some sheep (こし) under her skirt's waistband to line her waist with them. Guess it's cold up here on the moon, so the sheep keep her waist warm. And they had to be sheep, otherwise they wouldn't be small enough to fit under her clothes.

Found In Vocabulary