独 Alone

Radical Combination

• 犭

  Animal
• 虫

  Insect

Meaning

Primary

Alone

Mnemonic

There once was an animal with an insect friend who felt very alone unless he was around. An animal and an insect are an unlikely pairing, but these two get along delightfully and hate to be alone without the other.

Hints

Imagine this animal and this insect. Let’s say it’s a flea and a dog. Imagine them going everywhere together. To the park, getting ice cream, even the drive in movie theater. They’re inseparable.

Readings

On’yomi

どく

Kun’yomi

ひと

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

One activity that the animal can never do alone is solve Sudoku (どく) puzzles. The insect always has to help him out with them, and together they are an unstoppable Sudoku solving team.

Hints

Picture this animal with the insect on his head doing a Sudoku. See the insect hopping around on the animals head shouting answers and suggestions into the animal’s ear. How cute.