Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Tap

Alternatives

Strike, Slap

Mnemonic

On your mouth is a stamp that you tap, strike and slap to create a beat! The stamp looks like a little drum, but you're really just hitting your mouth for fun (the stamp was an excuse to make it seem normal).

Readings

On’yomi

こう

Kun’yomi

たた, はた

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

When you tap and strike the stamp on your mouth, you make a ta-ta (たた) sound. Imagine yourself making a beat with the little stamp drum on your mouth. Now listen... たた! There! Did you hear it?

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Found In Vocabulary