秒 Second

Radical Combination

• 禾

  Grain
• 少

  Few

Meaning

Primary

Second

Mnemonic

Grains are few. Imagine the last few grains trickling down the hourglass. You only have a second left.

Hints

Normally an hourglass has sand to count the seconds, but yours uses grains. Imagine just a few grains left, and watch them trickle down as you count a second, and then another second.

Readings

On’yomi

びょう

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

After the final seconds go by, your awful B.O. (びょう) appears.

Hints

Your hourglass timer was a timer to specifically let you know when your B.O. was set to return.