Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Break

Mnemonic

In the dirt you place a cross and surround it with a net made of clothes to keep it safe, but this net tends to break. Of course it breaks, it's just some clothes you tied together.

Readings

On’yomi

かい

Kun’yomi

こわ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You realize what keeps making your net break are kayaks (かい). The cross and net are right next to a river trail that kayakers do their kayaking in, and every time they go by their paddles smack into your net and break it.

Visually Similar Kanji

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