均 Equal

Radical Combination

• 土

  Dirt
• 勺

  Pool
• 丶

  Drop

Meaning

Primary

Equal

Mnemonic

You have some dirt next to a pool that has an extra drop of water in it because you need them to be equal. If there's too much dirt outside the pool and not enough water inside, it's gonna look weird. We can't have that.

Hints

Imagine seeing a pool that isn't equal. It's like a tiny kiddy pool with an inch of water. And it's surrounded by mounds of dirt. No no no, this won't do—add more water to make them equal.

Readings

On’yomi

きん

Kun’yomi

ひと

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You spend a few hours making sure the water-to-dirt ratio is perfectly equal, not for yourself, but because the King (きん) of England told you to. You may agree that equality is important, but it's the King's responsibility to keep things that way. Which is why he ordered you, small peon, to do the equalizing work for him.

Hints

Okay, so the existence of a king kind of makes things not, well, equal, for all people. But at least aesthetically everything will be!