Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Author

Mnemonic

If you want to give flowers to someone, give them to an author. Authors really love flowers, because they help them think of flowery language they can use to sound smart in their books.

Readings

On’yomi

ちょ

Kun’yomi

いちじる, あらわ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Unfortunately, the author is allergic to touching flowers, so they hold them with a pair of chopsticks (ちょ). They hold them real close to their face with the chopsticks, so they can still use them to think of fancy, author-ly words.

Visually Similar Kanji

Found In Vocabulary