摂 In Addition

Radical Combination

• 扌

  Fingers
• 耳

  Ear
• Explosion

Meaning

Primary

In Addition

Mnemonic

Put your fingers in your ears when there's an explosion in addition to all the other things you were told to do. You have to crouch under a desk, you have to stay away from windows, you have to close your eyes. But in addition to that, you need to protect your ears!

Hints

Pretend you're in a class in the mid-20th century, watching a video on bomb explosion safety. In addition to putting your fingers in your ears, you have to do a bunch of other stuff. You can't just stop after the first step!

Readings

On’yomi

せつ, しょう

Kun’yomi

おさ, かね, と

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

In addition to all the steps you have to take to protect yourself, you can't forget that ears come in sets (せつ). You can't just stick one finger in one ear and have that be the end. You have a set of ears to worry about!

Hints

In addition to ears, you have a lot of sets on your body to worry about. Sets of eyes, nostrils, legs, you get the picture.