Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Temporarily

Mnemonic

To your car you take an axe. The sun has broken your car for good this time (you think). You're so angry at your car. You think this is permanent. Turns out, though, that it's not permanent. It's just like that temporarily. You did make it permanent by taking an axe to your car, though.

Readings

On’yomi

ざん

Kun’yomi

しばら

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You were driving around in Zanzibar (ざん) when this happened, too, so now you're stuck in Zanzibar, a foreign place, and you have no idea what to do next.

Visually Similar Kanji

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