丼 Rice Bowl

Radical Combination

• 井

  Well
• 丶

  Drop

Meaning

Primary

Rice Bowl

Mnemonic

Into a well, a drop of rice falls from your rice bowl. You were eating out of your rice bowl on the side of a well, and some rice fell out of your rice bowl and this drop of rice proceeded to fall all the way down.

Hints

You lost a drop of rice from your rice bowl. Feel sorrow for the lost rice as you watch it fall down the well and hear it splat into the water below.

Readings

On’yomi

None

Kun’yomi

どん, どんぶり

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Just then, the don (どん) of your local mafia shows up, steals your rice bowl, and shoves you into the well. You’d gotten on the don’s bad side, so he came to teach you a lesson. The don steals your rice bowl and shoves you into the well.

Hints

Hear the don shout, “See ya, sucker!” as he pushes you into the well. You’ve just lost a drop of rice, now your rice bowl, and now you’re all wet in a well. Worst day ever.