飴 Candy

Radical Combination

• 食

  Eat
• 台

  Machine

Meaning

Primary

Candy

Mnemonic

What do you eat like a machine? Candy!

Hints

Picture your mouth opening and closing really fast and hard as candy on a conveyor belt goes sliding in. Munch, munch, munch, you're a candy machine!

Readings

On’yomi

None

Kun’yomi

あめ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This candy in particular is just drops of hardened, clear sugar that looks like 雨 (あめ) drops.

Hints

Picture this kanji rain as it goes into your chomping machine mouth. It tastes like sweet, sugary 雨. Yum!