購 Subscription

Radical Combination

• 貝

  Shellfish
• 冓

  Lifeguard

Meaning

Primary

Subscription

Mnemonic

Picture a shellfish lifeguard. They're not going anywhere. First, they're a shellfish, so they can't really move. And, they're a lifeguard, so they need to be in their lifeguard tower. How does this shellfish lifeguard get stuff? Through subscription services.

Hints

See a bunch of subscription boxes around the lifeguard tower. It gets everything this way.

Readings

On’yomi

こう

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

The shellfish lifeguard's favorite subscription is its subscription to こういち magazine. It has all the latest こういち versions, news, and interviews.

Hints

See the shellfish lifeguard drooling as its こういち magazine subscription arrives. "I will read this one now, but I can't wait until next month," it says as a boat sinks in the distance.

Hint: when you see the "lifeguard" radical, the reading is probably going to be こう.