Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Fortune

Alternative

Occupy

Mnemonic

The fortune radical and the fortune kanji are exactly the same! This can also mean occupy, maybe because learning your fortune shows you how you're going to occupy your life. Or how it will occupy you…

You haven't seen the radical in a while, so here's a mnemonic to help you remember the kanji: Put your toe in your mouth to learn your fortune. The taste will tell you everything you need to know about your fortune. But your toe has to occupy your mouth first for it to work.

Readings

On’yomi

せん

Kun’yomi

うらな, し

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

To occupy some free time you have, you go and get your fortune told at a fortune teller. Your fortune is that you’ll have an encounter with a centaur (せん) in the near future. Just then you realize that the fortune teller is actually a centaur! The fortune has come true!

Found In Vocabulary