Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Dry Up

Mnemonic

Put syrup too close to fire and it will dry up. Put any liquid substance near fire and it will dry up actually, but syrup especially. It goes from being sticky and gooey and yummy to a pile of hard, dry sugar. Not so yummy.

Readings

On’yomi

そう

Kun’yomi

はしゃ

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

If you dry up syrup like this, you're removing its soul (そう). Have you ever seen dry syrup before? No soul in that. In fact, you probably have no soul if you can dry out syrup like this without feeling bad about it.

Visually Similar Kanji

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