Radical Combination

Meaning

Primary

Prefecture

Mnemonic

The eye of a small lion gazes upon the prefecture that will one day become his. He’s a small lion, but once he grows up, everything reflected in his eye will be his prefecture to rule over.

Readings

On’yomi

けん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This small lion's prefecture is being protected by Ken (けん) the samurai because the lion is too small to protect all of this land himself. Ken the samurai is used to wandering far and wide, so one, eye-sized prefecture is nothing to him.

Visually Similar Kanji

Found In Vocabulary