怪 Suspicious

Radical Combination

• 忄

  Soul
• 圣

  Tombstone

Meaning

Primary

Suspicious

Mnemonic

You see a soul floating around a tombstone acting suspicious. To be fair, if a soul is going to be anywhere, a tombstone is probably high up on the list, but this one seems like it's doing something weird.

Hints

Imagine inching closer to this suspicious soul floating around a tombstone. What do you think it's doing?

Readings

On’yomi

かい, け

Kun’yomi

あや

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You sneak around the tombstone to see what this suspicious soul is doing, and you realize it's pretending to kayak (かい). The soul is sitting behind the tombstone, in a small kayak, moving its arms like it's rowing through water.

Even more suspicious, the soul seems to be holding a kettle (け). Considering the soul is already dead, this doesn't seem like something it will need.

Hints

Picture a suspicious, kettle holding, kayaking soul. The afterlife may be more interesting than you thought.