Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Wheat

Alternative

Barley

Mnemonic

You know what really sticks to your rib cage in the winter? Wheat! There's nothing like a hearty diet of wheat bread, Wheaties, and cream of wheat to get you through the tough winter months.

Readings

On’yomi

ばく

Kun’yomi

むぎ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

As you fill your home with wheat, it starts to get muggy (むぎ). You're in a small, enclosed area baking lots of bread and boiling a bunch of water for cream of wheat, so it's only natural that it would start to get pretty muggy in there.

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