野 Field

Radical Combination

• 里

  Village
• 予

  Beforehand

Meaning

Primary

Field

Mnemonic

The village beforehand (what the village was before it was a village) was a field.

Hints

It makes sense for a big open field to have been what was there before the village was made.

Readings

On’yomi

や

Kun’yomi

の

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

On this field, the Yankees (や) used to play.

Hints

It was sad that they had to destroy the natural habitat of the Yankees (a field) to put up the village.