壮 Robust

Radical Combination

• 丬

  Icicle
• 士

  Samurai

Meaning

Primary

Robust

Mnemonic

A samurai who can fight with icicles on him is more robust than regular samurai. Can you imagine how robust you'd have to be to fight in weather cold enough to form icicles on your body?

Hints

Picture samurai standing in a line. One, two, three... woah. You look up. This guy has icicles growing off him and he's the size of a bus. Now that's a robust samurai.

Readings

On’yomi

そう

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You may think it's just his robust body, but it's actually the samurai's robust soul (そう) that keeps him fighting through the cold and the icicles.

Hints

Physical robustness is just a reflection of the strength of your soul!