Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Monkey

Mnemonic

An animal that kicks dirt into people's mouths is a monkey. Monkeys are naughty little things. You should be happy it was just dirt it kicked into your mouth, and not something worse.

Readings

On’yomi

えん

Kun’yomi

さる

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

You spit the dirt out of your mouth and look back at the monkey to see that it's saluting (さる) you. Is... is it mocking you?

Found In Vocabulary